Protective closure for a medical container

Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a protective closure for a medical container showing our new design, the broken line representing the container to illustrate the environment for the closure only and forming no part of the claimed design.

FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the closure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the closure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom, rear perspective view of the closure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the closure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of the closure shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a side elevational view of the closure shown in FIG. 1, taken from the right side of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken at line 8--8 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of a second embodiment of the closure of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a side elevational view taken from the right side of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view taken from the top of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a top plan view of the closure shown in FIG. 9.

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Patent History
Patent number: D292232
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 12, 1984
Date of Patent: Oct 6, 1987
Assignee: Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. (Deerfield, IL)
Inventors: Hugh M. Forman (Waukesha, WI), E. Thomas Yatsko (Royersford, PA)
Primary Examiner: A. Hugo Word
Assistant Examiner: Stella M. Reid
Attorneys: Bradford R. L. Price, Jr. Kirby, Paul C. Flattery
Application Number: 6/660,612
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D24/51; D/9434; D24/53