Baseball image on an adhesive bandage

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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a baseball image on an adhesive bandage showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a back elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof, the right side being a mirror image thereof.

The broken lines showing the pad of the bandage in FIGS. 3-6 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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Patent History
Patent number: D408540
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 15, 1997
Date of Patent: Apr 20, 1999
Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (St. Paul, MN)
Inventors: Wayne K. Dunshee (Maplewood, MN), Bruce R. Miller (Stamford, CT), Nancy P. Brogden (New York, NY), John Rutig (Huntington, NY), Barry G. Seelig (New York, NY)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: G. Andoll
Attorneys: Gary L. Griswold, Robert W. Sprague, Stephen W. Bauer
Application Number: 0/77,938
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Bandage For Protection Or Treatment (53) (D24/189)
International Classification: 2404;