Portable container for sockets

- Waterloo Industries, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of the top of the portable contain for sockets of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an end view of the handle end of the portable container for sockets;

FIG. 3 is a bottom end view of the portable container for sockets;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the portable container for sockets; and,

FIG. 5 is an isometric view of the bottom of the portable container for sockets of the invention.

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Patent History
Patent number: D403860
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 27, 1997
Date of Patent: Jan 12, 1999
Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc. (Waterloo, IA)
Inventors: Fred Philip Ritchie (Waterloo, IA), David Allen Trower (Waterloo, IA)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Law Firm: Banner & Witcoff Ltd.
Application Number: 0/74,679
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/3282; D3/905
International Classification: 0301;