Plunge of a knife blade

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Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a knife blade, which incorporates my new design, with portions of the view being shown in broken line for the purpose of illustrating the structural environment of the new design and not being part of the design sought to be patented;

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the plunge of a knife blade shown in solid line in FIG. 1, showing my new design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view showing the back thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view showing the edge thereof;

FIG. 5 is a left end view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a section view thereof, taken along line 6--6; and,

FIG. 7 is a right end view thereof.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D280179 August 20, 1985 Miceli
D304154 October 24, 1989 Osterhout
D344006 February 8, 1994 Glesser
2869232 January 1959 Kivela
4347665 September 7, 1982 Glesser
4555822 December 3, 1985 Miceli
5111581 May 12, 1992 Collins
5511310 April 30, 1996 Sessions et al.
5537750 July 23, 1996 Seber et al.
Other references
  • SOG, Auto-Clip folding knife, prior to Jun. 1997. Hoppes, Division of Penguin Industries, Coastesville, PA, folding knife with hex wrencehs, prior to Jun 1997.
Patent History
Patent number: D399115
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 30, 1997
Date of Patent: Oct 6, 1998
Assignee: Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. (Portland, OR)
Inventor: Benjamin C. Rivera (West Linn, OR)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Law Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel
Application Number: 0/79,221
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/99
International Classification: 0803;