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Tool knob

Granted 3 Aug 2010 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Lowe's Companies, Inc. · originally Lowe's

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Inventors: Brian Joseph Demers, Joseph Allen Berlepsch · Examiner: Cathron C Brooks · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/331,643
filed 29 Jan 2009
Publication
Not published
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US D620777
granted 3 Aug 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a tool knob;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged, perspective view of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the bottom side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the front side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the front side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is an elevational view of the rear side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of the rear side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is an elevational view of the top side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of the top side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the left side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the fight side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of the left side of the tool knob of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the tool knob according to the present invention;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged, perspective view of the tool knob illustrated in FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 15 is an elevational view of the front side of the tool knob of FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 16 is an enlarged view of the front side of the tool knob illustrated in FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 17 is an elevational view of the top side of the tool knob of FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of the top side of the tool knob illustrated in FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 19 is an elevational view of the rear side of the tool knob of FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of the rear side of the tool knob illustrated in FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 21 is an elevational view of the bottom side of the tool knob of FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 22 is a plan view of the fight side of the tool knob of FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 23 is an enlarged view of the fight side of the tool knob illustrated in FIG. 13 ;

FIG. 24 is a plan view of the left side of the tool knob of FIG. 13 ; and,

FIG. 25 is an enlarged view of the left side of the tool knob illustrated in FIG. 13 .

The broken lines in the drawings illustrate environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/107

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