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Disposable scalpel

Granted 18 Feb 2003 · no office action yet

Application
29/156,380
filed 28 Feb 2002
Publication
Not published
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US D470587
granted 18 Feb 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view from a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view from a left, proximal end of the scalpel in a shielded position;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view from a right, proximal end of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in a shielded position;

FIG. 3 is a top elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in a shielded position;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in a shielded position;

FIG. 5 is a left side elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in a shielded position;

FIG. 6 is a bottom elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in a shielded position;

FIG. 7 is an end elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 as viewed from the left of FIG. 4 (shown in twice the scale of FIG. 1 for clarity's sake) in a shielded position;

FIG. 8 is an end elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 as viewed from the right of FIG. 4 (shown in twice the scale of FIG. 1 for clarity's sake) in a shielded position;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view from a left, proximal end of the scalpel in a unshielded position;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view from a right, proximal end of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in a unshielded position;

FIG. 11 is a top elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in a unshielded position;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in an unshielded position;

FIG. 13 is a left side elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in an unshielded position;

FIG. 14 is a bottom elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 in an unshielded position;

FIG. 15 is an end elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 as viewed from the left of FIG. 4 (shown in twice the scale of FIG. 1 for clarity's sake) in an unshielded position; and,

FIG. 16 is an end elevation view of the scalpel of FIG. 1 as viewed from the right of FIG. 4 (shown in twice the scale of FIG. 1 for clarity's sake) in an unshielded position.

The broken line showing in FIGS. 9 through 14 of the scalpel blade is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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IPC · International Patent Classification
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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/147

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Examiner
Ian Simmons
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