Internal combustion fastener driving tool

- Porter-Cable Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a right elevational view of a first embodiment of an internal combustion fastener driving tool showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left elevational view;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view;

FIG. 7 is a top right perspective view.

FIG. 8 is a right elevational view of a second embodiment of an internal combustion fastener driving tool showing our new design;

FIG. 9 is a left elevational view;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 12 is a front elevational view;

FIG. 13 is a rear elevational view;

FIG. 14 is a top right perspective view.

FIG. 15 is a right elevational view of a third embodiment of an internal combustion fastener driving tool showing our new design;

FIG. 16 is a left elevational view;

FIG. 17 is a top plan view;

FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view;

FIG. 19 is a front elevational view;

FIG. 20 is a rear elevational view; and,

FIG. 21 is a front right perspective view.

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Patent History
Patent number: D410182
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 31, 1997
Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
Assignee: Porter-Cable Corporation (Jackson, TN)
Inventors: Mark A. Etter (Jackson, TN), James Pierce Nichols, Jr. (Jackson, TN), John Schnell (Jackson, TN), Donald Robert Bosten (Jackson, TN)
Primary Examiner: Nelson C. Holtje
Law Firm: Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, P.A.
Application Number: 0/81,376
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/69
International Classification: 0805;