Syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment
Granted 2 Oct 2018 · 2 office actions
Assignee: Retractable Technologies, Inc.
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Inventors: Thomas J. Shaw, Mark Small, Ni Zhu · Examiner: David G Muller · AU 2914 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view…
FIG. 1 is a right front perspective view of a syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment when the frontal attachment and a syringe plunger handle are each disposed in a first position, with a forwardly projecting needle shown in phantom outline;
FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof that is inclined to facilitate placement on the drawing sheet;
FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof that is inclined to facilitate placement on the drawing sheet;
FIG. 6 is a right side elevation view thereof that is inclined to facilitate placement on the drawing sheet;
FIG. 7 is a left side elevation view thereof that is inclined to facilitate placement on the drawing sheet;
FIG. 8 is a right front perspective view of the syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment of FIG. 1 when the frontal attachment and the syringe plunger handle are each disposed in a second position and the needle previously shown in phantom outline is not visible;
FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of the syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment when the frontal attachment and the syringe plunger handle are each disposed in a second position as in FIG. 8 and the needle previously shown in phantom outline is not visible;
FIG. 10 is a rear elevation view of the syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment when the frontal attachment and the syringe plunger handle are each disposed in a second position as in FIG. 8 and the needle previously shown in phantom outline is not visible;
FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment when the frontal attachment and the syringe plunger handle are each disposed in a second position as in FIG. 8 ;
FIG. 12 is a bottom plan view of the syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment when the frontal attachment and the syringe plunger handle are each disposed in a second position as in FIG. 8 and the needle previously shown in phantom outline is not visible;
FIG. 13 is a right side elevation view of the syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment when the frontal attachment and the syringe plunger handle are each disposed in a second position as in FIG. 8 and the needle previously shown in phantom outline is not visible; and,
FIG. 14 is a left side elevation view of the syringe with offset needle retraction chamber and frontal attachment when the frontal attachment is positioned as in FIG. 8 and the needle previously shown in phantom outline is not visible.
The dashed lines immediately adjacent to the claimed areas in FIG. 2 represent the boundaries of the claimed design. The dashed lines in the figures illustrate the portions of the design that form no part of the claimed design. None of the broken lines form any part of the claimed design.
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