Portable vise adapted for supporting a door or similar planar object in a vertical manner above an horizontal surface
FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the "portable vise adapted for supporting a door or similar planar object in a vertical manner above an horizontal surface," showing my new design for a vise in its rest condition wherein it is open and ready to receive a door or similar planar object;
FIG. 2 is a right side elevation view thereof, and the left side elevation view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front elevation view thereof, and the rear elevation view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is front elevation view showing my new design in its closed position wherein it would grab and hold a door or similar planar object whose weight would cause it to automatically close; and,
FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the design in the position as shown in FIG. 5.
Type: Grant
Filed: May 27, 1997
Date of Patent: Apr 27, 1999
Inventor: Darrell J. Marcus (Arlington, TX)
Primary Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis
Attorney: Charles W. McHugh
Application Number: 0/71,326
International Classification: 0805;