Tire iron

- Summit Tool Company
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Description

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a tire iron showing our new design, the tire iron being broken in the center to disclose indeterminate length;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view thereof, the tire iron being broken in the center to disclose indeterminate length;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view thereof, the opposite side elevational view being substantially the same, the tire iron being broken in the center to disclose indeterminate length;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary bottom elevational view thereof, the tire iron being broken in the center to disclose indeterminate length;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of an alternative embodiment of a tire iron wherein the perspective view, side elevational view, bottom elevational view, front elevational view and rear elevational view of the embodiment are substantially the same as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6, respectively.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D134799 January 1943 Taylor
D158110 April 1950 Lutz
5213146 May 25, 1993 Onozawa
5343921 September 6, 1994 Kusner
Other references
  • I.C. Whitney & Co, Catalog 564J, p. 163, Spoon-Type Tire Irons, .COPYRGT.1994. Melco, product literature, pp. 24-25, with cover page, Sheffield, England. Date of publication is unknown, but is sufficiently earlier than the effective U.S. filing date of the application. Stahlwill, Price-list E '92/0, p. 26, 1992. Gedore, D89 Ihr Werkzeug-Partner, p. 65. Date of publication is unknown, but is sufficiently earlier than the effective U.S. filing date of the application. Hazet, English Edition Catalogue 79/80, p. 43, 1979.
Patent History
Patent number: D395809
Type: Grant
Filed: May 2, 1997
Date of Patent: Jul 7, 1998
Assignee: Summit Tool Company (Akron, OH)
Inventors: William P. Brown (Doylestown, OH), Jack A. Cameron (Hudson, OH)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Assistant Examiner: Richelle Shelton
Law Firm: Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber
Application Number: 0/70,219
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/31
International Classification: 0805;