Connector

- Medline Industries, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a connector, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is second perspective view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The broken lines show portions of a connector that form no part of the claim.

Claims

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

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  • “Connectors—Pictures and Dimensions”, Intermittent and Sequential Connector Examples provided by Inventors; Used in Medline's Hemo-Force Technology; Generation 1 and 2; Unknown Publication Date but prior to filing of present application.
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Patent History
Patent number: D918842
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 8, 2019
Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc. (Northfield, IL)
Inventors: Thomas McKevitt (Oak Lawn, IL), Erica Yuen (Skokie, IL), Tess Dinterman (Palatine, IL)
Primary Examiner: Darcey E Gottschalk
Application Number: 29/676,121