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Tape measure housing

Granted 11 Mar 2003 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Apex Brands · originally COOPER BRANDS, INC.

Inventors: William C. Blackman, Tina L. Fox, Renfred K. McDaniel, James P. Edwards +1 · Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application

29/162,045

filed 7 Jun 2002

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US D471473

granted 11 Mar 2003

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the tape measuring housing in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left view of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a right view of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a back view of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a top view of the embodiment of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the tape measure housing in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a left view of the embodiment of FIG. 8.

FIG. 10 is a right view of the embodiment of FIG. 8.

FIG. 11 is a back view of the embodiment of FIG. 8.

FIG. 12 is a front view of the embodiment of FIG. 8.

FIG. 13 is a bottom view of the embodiment of FIG. 8; and,

FIG. 14 is a top view of the embodiment of FIG. 8.

Throughout the FIGURES, aspects shown in broken lines are not considered a portion of the claimed ornamental design.

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Claims

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a tape measure housing, as shown and described.

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D10/72

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Antoine Duval Davis

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D471473-S	S1	11 Mar 2003	7 Jun 2002	granted	Tape measure housing

›Other offices — 2 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
AU	AU-151614-S	S	5 May 2003	6 Dec 2002	published	Tape measure housing
CA	CA-101378-S	S	31 Aug 2004	26 Nov 2002	granted	Tape measure housing

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