Ruler

Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a first embodiment of a ruler showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view with the left side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view with the rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of a second embodiment of a ruler showing my new design; and,

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a third embodiment of a ruler showing my new design.

The undisclosed bottom plan view is plain and unornamented. The broken line showing of the distances, examples, conversions, and equivalents FIGS. 1, 4 and 5 is for illustrative purposes only, merely disclosing the types of notations which can be used, and forms no part of the claimed design. The broken line showing of the name of the ruler in FIGS. 1, 4 and 5 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

All elevational view of FIGS. 4 and 5 being identical to those now shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D168834 February 1953 Farinacci
344721 June 1886 Cheney
706242 August 1902 Latshaw
799818 September 1905 Wood
809950 January 1906 Heysinger et al.
1488435 March 1924 Pickens
1776245 September 1930 Barrett
4778390 October 18, 1988 Marans
4842521 June 27, 1989 Johansen
Patent History
Patent number: D376326
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 12, 1996
Date of Patent: Dec 10, 1996
Inventor: Steven M. Wilson (Green Bay, WI)
Primary Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis
Attorney: Richard C. Litman
Application Number: 0/50,258
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Rule, Tape Or Scale (10) (D10/71)