Utility knife with retractable blade guard

- The Stanley Works
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a utility knife with retractable blade guard showing my new design with the blade guard extended and a blade shown in phantom line;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view thereof, wherein the opposite side view is a mirror image;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The broken line showing of the blade is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D305096 December 19, 1989 Tench et al.
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D348383 July 5, 1994 Perkins
D349227 August 2, 1994 Ragland et al.
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Patent History
Patent number: D399720
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 8, 1997
Date of Patent: Oct 20, 1998
Assignee: The Stanley Works (New Britain, CT)
Inventors: Robert L. Owens (Shaftsbury, VT), David Garabedian (Farmington, CT), David W. Kaiser (North Haven, CT), John M. Staton (Bristol, CT)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Law Firm: Pepe & Hazard LLP
Application Number: 0/74,813
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/98
International Classification: 0803;