Bone staple

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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front perspective view of the bone staple comprising the new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom, rear perspective view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right elevational view of the design of FIG. 1, wherein the left elevational view is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the design of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a top, front perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the bone staple of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a bottom, rear perspective of the design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of the design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view of the design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a right elevational view of the design of FIG. 8, wherein the left elevational view is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 13 is a bottom view of the design of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a top view of the design of FIG. 8;

FIG. 15 is a top, front perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the bone staple of FIG. 1;

FIG. 16 is a bottom, rear perspective of the design of FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a rear elevational bottom view of the design of FIG. 15;

FIG. 18 is a front elevational view of the design of FIG. 15;

FIG. 19 is a right elevational view of the design of FIG. 15, wherein the left elevational view is a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 20 is a bottom view of the design of FIG. 15; and,

FIG. 21 is a top view of the design of FIG. 15.

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

Claims

The ornamental design for the bone staple, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D777329
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 19, 2015
Date of Patent: Jan 24, 2017
Assignee: Nextremity Solutions, Inc. (Warsaw, IN)
Inventors: Jorge A. Montoya (Berkeley Heights, NJ), John R. Pepper (Cheshire, CT), Lon S. Weiner (Rumson, NJ), Stuart D. Katchis (Scarsdale, NY), Lawrence Kiefer (Newark, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Charles Hanson
Application Number: 29/542,904
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Prosthesis Or Implant (D24/155)