Patent
   D441457
Priority
Apr 04 2000
Filed
Apr 04 2000
Issued
May 01 2001
Expiry
May 01 2015
Assg.orig
Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a sterilization cassette, substantially as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cassette in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of one end of the cassette of FIG. 1, the other end being identical;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is bottom plan view of the cassette of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the cassette of FIG. 1 in an open state with a first orientation;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the cassette of FIG. 1 in an open state with the second orientation;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of a cassette in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a front elevational view of the cassette of FIG. 9; and,

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the cassette of FIG. 9 in an open state.

The side, top, rear and bottom views of the cassette of FIG. 9 are identical to those of the cassette of FIG. 1.

Smith, Larry E., Neiner, Karen L., Ongchangco, Matiwala R.

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