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Tube cap

Granted 9 May 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Becton, Dickinson And Company · originally Becton Dickinson and Company

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Inventors: Robert S. Golabek, Jr., Bradley Mark Wilkinson · Examiner: Cathron B. Matta · AU 293 · TC 2900

Application
108999
filed 6 Aug 1999
Publication
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US D424440
granted 9 May 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tube cap, showing our design;

FIG. 2 is a top-plan view of the tube cap of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the tube cap of FIG. 1, the rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right-side elevational view of the tube cap of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left-side elevational view of the tube cap of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom-plan view of the tube cap of FIG. 1.

The broken line showing of interior elements shown in FIGS. 1,2, and 6 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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D09/446D94/50D24/224D94/53

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