Teaching aid

- Medline Industries, Inc.
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Description

The FIGURE is a front view of a teaching aid, showing our new design.

In the FIGURE, the teaching aid is made from a substantially flat substrate that has no appreciable thickness.

The broken line showing the teaching aid forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a teaching aid, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D924326
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 26, 2020
Date of Patent: Jul 6, 2021
Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc. (Northfield, IL)
Inventors: Megan Henken (Wauconda, IL), Steve McNabb (Kenosha, WI)
Primary Examiner: Lauren D McVey
Application Number: 29/739,569
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Demonstrator Or Exhibitor (10) (D19/62)