Cane handle

- Rubbermaid Incorporated
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top right front perspective view of a cane handle showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left side elevational view thereof; the right side elevational view being a mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top right front perspective view, shown in reduced scale, and showing, in phantom, how the cane handle would appear on a cane.

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

Referenced Cited

U.S. Patent Documents

D207764 May 1967 Luzo
D231043 March 1974 Barnett
D290784 July 14, 1987 Moshiri
D293388 December 29, 1987 Susan
D295694 May 17, 1988 Mace
3947140 March 30, 1976 Thomas
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5390687 February 21, 1995 Tsai

Other references

  • J.F. Fradley & Co. Catalog, New York, Canes 1889. J.F. Fraley & Co. Catalog, New York, Canes 1889. P. 26, Cane handles; Lumex, Division of Lumex, Inc., 100 Spence Street, Bay Shore, New York 11706-2290. Published at least as early as Nov., 1997. Pp. 5 and 7, Cane handles; The Kendall-Futuro Company, 5801 Mariemont Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227. Publication date Jan. 1988. Pp. 7 and 8, Cane handles; Invacare Corporation, 899 Cleveland Street, Elyria, Ohio 44036. Published at least as early as Nov., 1997. Pp. 3 and 4, Cane handles; Valentine International Limited, 2061 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd. No. 104, Boca Raton, Florida 33431. Published at least as early as Nov., 1997. P. 7, Cane handles; Guardian, a division of Sunrise Medical HHG Inc., 4175 Guardian Street, Simi Valley, California 93062. Published at least as early as Nov., 1997. Pp. 7 and 11, Cane handles; Tubular Fabricators Industries, Inc., 600 West Wythe Street, petersburg, Virginia 23803. Published at least as early as Nov., 1997. Pp. 20, 21, 22 and 23, Cane handles; Rubbermaid Commercial Products Inc., 3124 Valley Avenue, Winchester, Virginia 22601. Publication date 1997.

Patent History

Patent number: D411343
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 27, 1998
Date of Patent: Jun 22, 1999
Assignee: Rubbermaid Incorporated (Wooster, OH)
Inventors: Keith E. Brightbill (Stephens City, VA), David M. Dobersztyn (Stephens City, VA), Michael A. Lorenz, Jr. (Gahanna, OH), James D. Orr (Columbus, OH)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: Catherine R. Oliver
Attorney: Richard B. O'Planick
Application Number: 0/84,241

Classifications

Current U.S. Class: D 3/16
International Classification: 0303;