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Triangular screwdriver handle

Granted 22 Sep 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Snap-On Technologies, Inc. · originally Snap-on Incorporated

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Inventors: Christopher D. Thompson, Timm R. Herman, Daniel M. Eggert · Examiner: Philip S. Hyder · AU 292 · TC 2900

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filed 11 Mar 1996
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US D398507
granted 22 Sep 1998

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top plan view of…

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the triangular screwdriver handle constituting our new design, the shank, the reversing ring and the end cap in phantom and thus not forming part of the claimed invention;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the other side being identical;

FIG. 4 is a front view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof.

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