Visualization instrument

- King Systems Corporation
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Description

This invention was made with government support under Award W81XWH-06-1-0019 awarded by the U.S. Army. The government has certain rights in the invention.

FIG. 1 is a front elevation view of a first embodiment of a visualization instrument of the present design;

FIG. 2 is a front perspective view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right elevation view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left elevation view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a front elevation view of a second embodiment of a visualization instrument of the present design;

FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a right elevation view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a left elevation view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a rear perspective view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is a rear elevation view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 15 is a top plan view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 16 is a bottom plan view of the visualization instrument shown in FIG. 9.

The second embodiment shows the addition of stipple shading to indicate contrast.

The broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for the visualization instrument, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D663026
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 1, 2010
Date of Patent: Jul 3, 2012
Assignee: King Systems Corporation (Noblesville, IN)
Inventors: Thomas W. McGrail (Cicero, IN), Yun Siung Tony Yeh (Libertyville, IL), David J. Miller (Noblesville, IN), Kristin Jugenheimer Size (Waltham, MA), Randal B. Chinnock (Eastford, CT), George Grubner (Needham, MA), Elizabeth Powell Goodrich (Roslidale, MA), Paul Crosby Gregory (Watertown, MA), Gary Vincent Palladino (Cambridge, MA), Brian Hack (Cambridge, MA)
Primary Examiner: Bridget L Eland
Attorney: Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
Application Number: 29/369,071
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