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End effector with a rounded tip

Granted 29 Nov 2011 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Covidien · originally TE Connectivity

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Inventors: Dylan R. Kingsley, John Twomey, Jeffrey R. Unger, James D. Allen, IV +1 · Examiner: Lisa Lichtenstein · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/337,025
filed 13 May 2009
Publication
Not published
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US D649643
granted 29 Nov 2011

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front, perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front, perspective view of an end effector with a rounded tip in accordance with an embodiment of the present design;

FIG. 2 is a front, perspective view of a top portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front, elevation view of the top portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged rear, elevation view of the top portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a top, plan view of the top portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a bottom, plan view of the top portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a right, side elevational view of the top portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a left, side elevational view of the top portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is a front, perspective view of a bottom portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged front, elevation view of the bottom portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 11 is a rear, elevation view of the bottom portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 12 is a top, plan view of the bottom portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 13 is a bottom, plan view of the bottom portion of the end effector with a rounded TIP of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 14 is a right, side elevational view of the bottom portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 15 is a left, side elevational view of the bottom portion of the end effector with a rounded tip of FIG. 1 .

In FIGS. 1-15 , the features of the end effector with a rounded tip shown in phantom lines are for illustrative purposes only and do not constitute a part of the claimed design.

The broken line showing of portions of an end effector with a rounded tip is included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/146

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