Patent
   D375791
Priority
Sep 15 1993
Filed
Dec 12 1995
Issued
Nov 19 1996
Expiry
Nov 19 2010
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for an orthopaedic washer, as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an orthopaedic washer showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view thereof taken along lines 5--5 of FIG. 2.

The broken line showing of the screw member in FIG. 3 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Goble, E. Marlowe, Luman, David P., Hayes, S. Kyle

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