Kit of breakaway connectors

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Description

The patent file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent with color drawings will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

FIG. 1 is a first top perspective view of a kit with three different color (yellow, orange, and green) breakaway connectors in a disconnected configuration.

FIG. 2 is a second top perspective view of the kit of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a first top perspective view of the yellow-color breakaway connector of the kit of FIG. 1 in a disconnected configuration.

FIG. 4 is a second top perspective view of the yellow-color breakaway connector of FIG. 3.

FIG. 5 is a left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image.

FIG. 6 is a top view thereof, the bottom being a mirror image.

FIG. 7 is a back end view thereof.

FIG. 8 is a front end view thereof.

FIG. 9 is a first top perspective view of the yellow-color breakaway connector of FIG. 3 in a connected configuration.

FIG. 10 is a second top perspective view of the yellow-color breakaway connector of FIG. 9.

FIG. 11 is a left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image.

FIG. 12 is a top view thereof, the bottom being a mirror image.

FIG. 13 is a back end view thereof.

FIG. 14 is a front end view thereof.

FIG. 15 is a first top perspective view of the orange-color breakaway connector of the kit of FIG. 1 in a disconnected configuration.

FIG. 16 is a second top perspective view of the orange-color breakaway connector of FIG. 15.

FIG. 17 is left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image.

FIG. 18 is a top view thereof, the bottom being a mirror image.

FIG. 19 is a back end view thereof.

FIG. 20 is a front end view thereof.

FIG. 21 is a first top perspective view of the orange-color breakaway connector of FIG. 15 in a connected configuration.

FIG. 22 is a second top perspective view of the orange-color breakaway connector of FIG. 21.

FIG. 23 is a left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image.

FIG. 24 is a top view thereof, the bottom being a mirror image.

FIG. 25 is a back end view thereof.

FIG. 26 is a front end view thereof.

FIG. 27 is a top perspective view of a green-color breakaway connector of the kit of FIG. 1 in a disconnected configuration.

FIG. 28 is a second top perspective view of the green-color breakaway connector of FIG. 27.

FIG. 29 is left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image.

FIG. 30 is a top view thereof, the bottom being a mirror image.

FIG. 31 is a back end view thereof.

FIG. 32 is a front end view thereof.

FIG. 33 is a first top perspective view of the green-color breakaway connector of FIG. 27 in a connected configuration.

FIG. 34 is a second top perspective view of the green-color breakaway connector of FIG. 33.

FIG. 35 is a left side view thereof, the right side being a mirror image.

FIG. 36 is a top view thereof, the bottom being a mirror image.

FIG. 37 is a back end view thereof; and,

FIG. 38 is a front end view thereof.

The broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for kit of breakaway connectors, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D905235
Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 30, 2018
Date of Patent: Dec 15, 2020
Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (South Jordan, UT)
Inventors: Jim Mottola (West Jordan, UT), Richard P. Jenkins (Bluffdale, UT), Brian Stevens (Pleasant Grove, UT)
Primary Examiner: David G Muller
Application Number: 29/642,655