Medical tray

- Medline Industries, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front, right, top perspective view of a medical tray showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is an inverted, rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rotated, right elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rotated, left elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a front, left, top perspective view thereof.

The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating portions of the medical tray that form no part of the claimed design.

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyrights whatsoever.

Claims

The ornamental design for a medical tray, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D704856
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 31, 2013
Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc. (Mundelein, IL)
Inventors: Jennifer E. Tomes (Mundelein, IL), Deborah B Adler (New York, NY), Jack E Maze (Long Grove, IL), Alberto C Savage (Buffalo Grove, IL), Kenneth S Chua (Glenview, IL), Earl D Wilson (Ingleside, IL), John H Kutsch (Harvard, IL)
Primary Examiner: T. Chase Nelson
Assistant Examiner: Mark Cavanna
Application Number: 29/444,526
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Tray, Rack Or Vessel Holder (66) (D24/227)