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Swivel elbow for mask assembly

Granted 14 Sep 2004 · no office action yet

Assignee: ResMed

Inventors: Joanne Elizabeth Drew, Jim Saada, Amal Shirley Amarasinghe, Anthony Ging +4 · Examiner: Ian Simmons · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application

29/170,561

filed 8 Nov 2002

Publication

Not published

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US D496098

granted 14 Sep 2004

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a swivel elbow according to our design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D24/110.1D24/129D24/110.5

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D496098-S	S1	14 Sep 2004	8 Nov 2002	granted	Swivel elbow for mask assembly
US	US-D540464-S	S1	10 Apr 2007	21 Jul 2004	granted	Finger grip portion for mask elbow
US	US-D580048-S	S1	4 Nov 2008	2 Oct 2007	granted	Swivel elbow for mask assembly

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-156662-S	S	18 Oct 2004	6 Mar 2003	published	Swivel elbow for mask assembly

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