Claw hammer

- Emerson Electric Co.
Description

FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating the claw hammer of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating the side of the claw hammer of the present invention opposite the side illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an oblique view of the claw hammer having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a back view illustrating the claw having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a front view illustrating the claw having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a top view illustrating the claw having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view illustrating the claw having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an oblique view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a back view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D262186 December 8, 1981 Royce
D267469 January 4, 1983 Crowder
D275261 August 28, 1984 Crowder
D322021 December 3, 1991 Hsu
D325863 May 5, 1992 Chen
2754863 July 1956 Yearley
Patent History
Patent number: D420881
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 1, 1999
Date of Patent: Feb 22, 2000
Assignee: Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis, MO)
Inventors: David L. Davis (Overland, MO), Joseph T. Gierer (Glen Carbon, IL), Kiyo Hoshino (Chesterfield, MO), David L. Pringle (Town & Country, MO)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Law Firm: Arnold White & Durkee
Application Number: 0/99,973
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/75
International Classification: 0802;