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Tape measure

Granted 18 Jan 2000 · no office action yet

Current assignee: The L. S. Starrett Company · originally THE L.S. STARRETT COMPANY

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Inventors: Jerome Allan Grunstad, Roger Dennis Thibodeau, Wayne Patrick Phillips, John Joseph Evans, Jr. · Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis · AU 293 · TC 2900

Application
102702
filed 30 Mar 1999
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US D419081
granted 18 Jan 2000

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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 tape measure showing a first embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a tape measure showing a second embodiment of our new design;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view;

FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof.

The broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D10/72

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