Ankle walker shell Patent Grant Bird , et al. April 22, 2 [Baker; Dennis W.]

Ankle walker shell

Bird , et al. April 22, 2

Patent Grant D703335

U.S. patent number D703,335 [Application Number D/428,838] was granted by the patent office on 2014-04-22 for ankle walker shell. This patent grant is currently assigned to Velocity Medical, LLC. The grantee listed for this patent is Dennis W. Baker, John R. Bird, Matthew J. Bird, Jeffrey J. Bollmann. Invention is credited to Dennis W. Baker, John R. Bird, Matthew J. Bird, Jeffrey J. Bollmann.

United States Patent	D703,335
Bird , et al.	April 22, 2014

Ankle walker shell

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for an ankle walker shell, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Bird; John R. (St. Paul, MN), Bird; Matthew J. (St. Paul, MN), Baker; Dennis W. (Rosemount, MN), Bollmann; Jeffrey J. (Maplewood, MN)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Bird; John R. Bird; Matthew J. Baker; Dennis W. Bollmann; Jeffrey J.	St. Paul St. Paul Rosemount Maplewood	MN MN MN MN	US US US US

Assignee:

Velocity Medical, LLC (St. Paul, MN)

Appl. No.:

D/428,838

Filed:

August 3, 2012

Current U.S. Class:	D24/192
Current International Class:	2401
Field of Search:	;D24/190,192 ;602/1,2,5,13,16,22-23,27-29,64-65 ;D2/946-947,953-954,957,960 ;36/88-89 ;128/882

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Primary Examiner: Krakower; Susan E
Attorney, Agent or Firm: IPLM Group, P.A.

Description

FIG. 1 is a left side perspective view of an ankle walker shell showing our present invention

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the ankle walker shell shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the ankle walker shell shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the ankle walker shell shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a back view of the ankle walker shell shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the ankle walker shell shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the ankle walker shell of FIG. 1.

The broken lines in the drawings of the ankle walker shell are for purposes of illustrating portions of the ankle walker shell that form no part of the claimed design.

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