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Tool handle

Granted 13 Sep 2011 · 2 office actions

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

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

Application
29/369,357
filed 7 Sep 2010
Publication
Not published
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US D644909
granted 13 Sep 2011

Life of the patent

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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 tool handle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the right side of the tool handle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the left side of the tool handle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the rear side of the tool handle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is an elevational view of the front side of the tool handle of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the top side of the tool handle of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the bottom side of the tool handle of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines shown in the drawings are for the purpose of illustrating unclaimed portions of the tool handle 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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Examiner
Cathron Brooks
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›IP5 & PCT — 6 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-D572558-SS18 Jul 20084 Oct 2006grantedTool handle
USUS-D615381-SS111 May 201027 May 2008grantedTool handle
USUS-D627619-SS123 Nov 201012 Mar 2010grantedTool handle
USUS-D644906-SS113 Sep 201112 Mar 2010grantedTool housing
USthis patentUS-D644909-SS113 Sep 20117 Sep 2010grantedTool handle
USUS-D671387-SS127 Nov 201214 Jul 2011grantedTool housing
›Other offices — 15 members
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