Fluid handling tube

- BIOTIX, INC.
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Description

FIG. 1 shows a top perspective view of a fluid handling tube in which the cap is not engaged with the tube body.

FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view of the cap region encircled by the broken line circle shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 shows a bottom perspective view of the fluid handling tube shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 shows a top view thereof.

FIG. 5 shows a side view thereof.

FIG. 6 shows a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 7 shows a back view thereof.

FIG. 8 shows a front view thereof.

FIG. 9 shows a top perspective view of a fluid handling tube in which the cap is engaged with the tube body.

FIG. 10 shows an enlarged view of the region encircled by the broken line circle shown in FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 shows a bottom perspective view of the fluid handling tube shown in FIG. 9.

FIG. 12 shows an enlarged view of the region encircled by the broken line circle shown in FIG. 11.

FIG. 13 shows a top view thereof.

FIG. 14 shows a side view thereof.

FIG. 15 shows a bottom view thereof.

FIG. 16 shows a back view thereof.

FIG. 17 shows a front view thereof.

FIG. 18 shows another top perspective view of the fluid handling tube shown in FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 19 shows an enlarged view of the region encircled by the broken line circle shown in FIG. 18.

The circular boundaries shown with broken lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 9-12, 18, and 19 depict boundaries of the enlarged views and form no part of the claimed design. All the other broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the fluid handling tube that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a fluid handling tube, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D881410
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 19, 2018
Date of Patent: Apr 14, 2020
Assignee: BIOTIX, INC. (San Diego, CA)
Inventors: Arta Motadel (San Diego, CA), Peter Paul Blaszcak (San Diego, CA), Juan Martin Mendez Padilla (Tijuana)
Primary Examiner: Susan Bennett Hattan
Assistant Examiner: Omeed Agilee
Application Number: 29/634,345