Brace

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Description

FIG. 1 is a bottom left perspective view of the first embodiment of a brace showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top right perspective view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is left side view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is front view of the design shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is back view of the design shown in FIG. 1

FIG. 9 is a bottom left perspective view of the second embodiment of a brace showing our new design;

FIG. 10 is a top right perspective view of the design shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the design shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the design shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a right side view of the design shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 14 is left side view of the design shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 15 is front view of the design shown in FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 16 is back view of the design shown in FIG. 9.

The broken lines shown in the drawings represent unclaimed portions of the brace and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a brace, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D835792
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 31, 2016
Date of Patent: Dec 11, 2018
Assignee: ORTHO SYSTEMS (Agoura, CA)
Inventors: Edwin Erwin (Studio City, CA), Zhuang Shao (Los Angeles, CA), Kenji Watabe (Ventura, CA), Tracy E. Grim (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Primary Examiner: George D. Kirschbaum
Assistant Examiner: Darcey E Heflin
Application Number: 29/576,177