Stethoscope cleaning assembly cartridge

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Description

FIG. 1 is a reduced front perspective view of a stethoscope cleaning assembly cartridge illustrating our design;

FIG. 2 is a reduced front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a reduced bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a rear perspective thereof.

The broken lines showing portions of a stethoscope cleaning assembly cartridge are included for illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a stethescope cleaning assembly cartridge, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D652142
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 5, 2008
Date of Patent: Jan 10, 2012
Assignee: Seedlings Life Science Ventures, LLC (New York, NY)
Inventors: Michael R. Cole (Stratham, NH), Mathew Cardinali (Portsmouth, NH), James M. Sellers (Eliot, ME), Michael Perlman (Davie, FL), Keith Rubin (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Primary Examiner: Wan Laymon
Attorney: Malloy & Malloy, P.A.
Application Number: 29/310,258
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Stethoscope (24) (D24/134)