Patent
   D789530
Priority
Aug 31 2012
Filed
Jun 12 2015
Issued
Jun 13 2017
Expiry
Jun 13 2032
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Entity
unknown
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The ornamental design for a retractor blade, substantially as shown and described.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a first embodiment of a retractor blade showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a back perspective view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a back view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of a second embodiment of a retractor blade showing our new design;

FIG. 8 is a back perspective view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a front view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a back view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a right side view of FIG. 7; and,

FIG. 12 is a left side view of FIG. 7.

The broken lines immediately adjacent the claim represent the bounds of the claimed design while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only; the broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

Casey, Niall, Lee, James Coleman, Heiges, Bradley Alan, Khanna, Nitin, Woolley, Troy B., Shorooghi, Ali A., Deol, Gurvinder S.

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