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Foldable snow shovel

Granted 3 Jan 2012 · no office action yet

Current assignee: The AMES Companies · originally Ames True Temper Properties, Inc.

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Inventors: Eric Daniel Hyp, Michael Christopher Gehman, Joshua O. Mullen · Examiner: Robert M Spear · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/390,421
filed 25 Apr 2011
Publication
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US D651488
granted 3 Jan 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the foldable snow shovel in a first configuration;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the foldable snow shovel in the first configuration;

FIG. 3 is a back view of the foldable snow shovel in the first configuration;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the foldable snow shovel in the first configuration;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the foldable snow shovel in the first configuration;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the foldable snow shovel in the first configuration; and

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the foldable snow shovel in the first configuration;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the foldable snow shovel in a second configuration;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the foldable snow shovel in the second configuration;

FIG. 10 is a back view of the foldable snow shovel in the second configuration;

FIG. 11 is a right side view of the foldable snow shovel in the second configuration;

FIG. 12 is a left side view of the foldable snow shovel in the second configuration;

FIG. 13 is a top view of the foldable snow shovel in the second configuration; and,

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the foldable snow shovel in the second configuration.

The broken line showing of elements of the foldable snow shovel illustrates portions of the shovel that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/10

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USUS-D637875-SS117 May 201111 Aug 2010grantedFoldable snow shovel
USthis patentUS-D651488-SS13 Jan 201225 Apr 2011grantedFoldable snow shovel
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CACA-137123-SS13 Apr 201114 Sep 2010grantedFoldable snow shovel

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