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Multi-purpose tool

Granted 2 Jun 2015 · no office action yet

Assignee: Zippo Manufacturing Company

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Inventors: Howard Tripp, James M. McDonough, Neal Barnes, Brian J. Barber · Examiner: Philip S Hyder · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/495,358
filed 30 Jun 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D730709
granted 2 Jun 2015

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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 multi-purpose tool, showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the multi-purpose tool;

FIG. 3 is an alternate side view of the multi-purpose tool;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the multi-purpose tool;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the multi-purpose tool;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the multi-purpose tool; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the multi-purpose tool.

The broken lines in the drawings illustrate features of the multi-purpose tool that form no part of the claim.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

2 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/96D81/5

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Examiner
Philip S Hyder
art unit 2917 · TC 2900
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OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D724925-SS124 Mar 201521 May 2012grantedMulti-purpose tool
USthis patentUS-D730709-SS12 Jun 201530 Jun 2014grantedMulti-purpose tool
USUS-D731279-SS19 Jun 201530 Jun 2014grantedMulti-purpose tool
›Other offices — 2 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
AUAU-347612-SS20 Mar 201322 Oct 2012publishedCombined axe saw mallet
CACA-148114-SS1 Aug 201323 Oct 2012grantedMulti-purpose tool

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