Pierced portion of a blade

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Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a pierced portion of a blade showing my new design, wherein the broken line portions of the view are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the portion of the knife blade shown in solid line in FIG. 1, showing my new design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view showing the back thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof, omitting the edge portion of the blade shown in FIG. 1, since the edge portion is not a part of the design sought to be patented;

FIG. 5 is a left end view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a section view thereof, taken along line 6--6; and,

FIG. 7 is a right end view thereof.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D280179 August 20, 1985 Miceli
D304154 October 24, 1989 Osterhout
D344006 February 8, 1994 Glesser
2869232 January 1959 Kivela
4347665 September 7, 1982 Glesser
4555822 December 3, 1985 Miceli
5111581 May 12, 1992 Collins
5511310 April 30, 1996 Sessions et al.
5537750 July 23, 1996 Seber et al.
Other references
  • SOG, Auto-Clip folding knife, prior to Jun. 1997. Hoppes, Division of Penguin Industries, Coastesville, PA, folding knife with hex wrenches, prior to Jun. 1997.
Patent History
Patent number: D405667
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 30, 1997
Date of Patent: Feb 16, 1999
Assignee: Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. (Portland, OR)
Inventor: Benjamin C. Rivera (West Linn, OR)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Law Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel
Application Number: 0/78,630
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/20
International Classification: 0803;