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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:
Jul. 25, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
William P Heinrich, McHenry, IL (US);
Norbert Leopoldi, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard Brewer, Belmont, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Cloverline, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604192 ; 604263 ;
Abstract
A combination sheath and shield for enclosing the needle of a hypodermic syringe and for preventing finger punctures during replacement of the sheath over the syringe needle, which includes a sheath that telescopically encloses the needle and frictionally engages the support portion for the needle and a sheath having foldable flaps that are foldable along the sheath during nonuse for compactness during shipping and storage.