Sledge hammer

Notice: More than one reissue application has been filed for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. D. 770,257. The reissue applications are application Ser. Nos. 29/704,718 (the present application), 29/704,733, and 29/668,435 (the parent application, all of which are divisional reissues of U.S. Pat. No. D. 770,257.

This is a divisional reissue application of U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/668,435, filed Oct. 30, 2018, which is a broadening reissue application of U.S. Design Pat. No. D. 770,257 which issued on Nov. 1, 2016 from U.S. Design application Ser. No. 29/531,274 filed Jun. 24, 2015, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their respective entireties.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view from above of the claimed design according to one embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view from above of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a rear side view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the claimed design of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 9 is a detail view of a portion of the handle of the claimed design.

FIG. 10 is a front perspective view from above of the sledge hammer;

FIG. 11 is a rear perspective view from above of the sledge hammer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a front of the sledge hammer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a left side view of the sledge hammer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a rear view of the sledge hammer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 15 is a right side view of the sledge hammer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 16 is a top view of the sledge hammer of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 17 is a bottom view of the sledge hammer of FIG. 1.

Any portion of the article depicted in broken lines forms no part of the claimed design.

As shown in FIG. 9 , the circular features on the grip of the handle are depicted in broken lines.Broken lines formed of unequal length dashes (i.e., dash-dot) show boundaries between claimed and unclaimed portions of the design.