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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard R Alter, Delavan, WI (US);
Assignee:
Continental Plastic Corporation, Delavan, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206210 ; 128756 ; 128759 ; 206209 ; 206363 ; 435295 ; 604-1 ; 604171 ; 604199 ;
Abstract
A culture collection instrument for use in animal husbandry includes a tubular swab holder adapted to receive an elongated rod having a swab element on its end and a tubular swab protector adapted to receive and hold the tubular swab holder. The tubular swab protector includes a scored portion thereon a predetermined distance from the end of the swab protector such that flexing of the swab protector predeterminely breaks the swab protector and swab element from the elongated rod to provide a sealed tubular holder for the cultured swab element.