Patent
   D554756
Priority
Jan 30 2006
Filed
Jan 30 2006
Issued
Nov 06 2007
Expiry
Nov 06 2021
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Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a hearing aid, as shown and described.

The article is a hearing aid. It is intended to be worn in the ear to compensate for impaired hearing.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing front, left and top sides of the hearing aid of the present design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing front, right and bottom sides of the hearing aid shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing front, left and bottom sides of the hearing aid shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a bottom elevational view of the hearing aid shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view of the hearing aid shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of the hearing aid shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing front and left sides of the hearing aid shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing rear and right sides of the hearing aid shown in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing front, right and bottom sides of the hearing aid of FIG. 1.

Mulhauser, Paul J., Sjursen, Walter P., Kirk, III, Karl D., DeSalvo, Michael, Mohamed, Hassan A.

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