Telescopically extendable, multiple-element hole cutter

- Halstead Industries, Inc.
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a telescopically extendable, multiple-element hole cutter showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof showing the plurality of elements telescopically extended;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof showing the elements fully nested;

FIG. 4 is an end view thereof looking from the left of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an end view thereof looking from the right of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional side elevational view thereof showing the elements telescopically extended;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along the line 7--7 in FIG. 3 showing the tool in the closed position;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the telescopically extendable multiple element hole cutter showing an alternate embodiment of my new design in the closed position, the surface of the end cap thereof being flat, plain and unornamented;

FIG. 9 is a side elevational view thereof shown in the fully extended position with the end cap removed for illustrative purpose only.

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Patent History
Patent number: D300404
Type: Grant
Filed: May 28, 1985
Date of Patent: Mar 28, 1989
Assignee: Halstead Industries, Inc. (Greensboro, NC)
Inventor: Eduard Lauer (Southbury, CT)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Clare E. Heflin
Law Firm: Mattern, Ware, Stoltz & Fressola
Application Number: 6/738,597
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/98; D 8/14