Handles for a multipurpose folding tool

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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view from the upper right front of a pair of handles for a multipurpose folding tool, wherein the broken line illustration of an exemplary pair of jaws and a jaw pivot joint connector for such a tool is included for illustrative purposes and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is an isometric view from the upper right front of the pair of handles for a multipurpose folding tool shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side elevational view being a mirror image of the view shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

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

FIG. 7 is a front end view thereof.

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Patent History
Patent number: D414393
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 29, 1999
Date of Patent: Sep 28, 1999
Assignee: Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. (Portland, OR)
Inventors: Howard G. Berg (Gresham, OR), Timothy S. Leatherman (Portland, OR)
Primary Examiner: Jeffrey Asch
Law Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel, LLP
Application Number: 0/99,877
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/55; D8/105
International Classification: 0805;