Claw hammer

- Emerson Electric Co.
Description

FIG. 1 is a side view illustrating the claw hammer of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating the side of the claw hammer of the present invention opposite the side illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a back view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is front view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the claw hammer having a left-handed handle portion in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the claw hammer having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a back view of the claw hammer having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a front view of the claw hammer having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a top view of the claw hammer having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention; and,

FIG. 12 is a bottom view of the claw hammer having a right-handed handle portion in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention.

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U.S. Patent Documents
D209653 December 1967 Vogel
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D275261 August 28, 1984 Crowder
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Foreign Patent Documents
1137125 May 1957 FRX
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Patent History
Patent number: D416462
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 2, 1998
Date of Patent: Nov 16, 1999
Assignee: Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis, MO)
Inventors: David L. Pringle (Town & Country, MO), Joseph T. Gierer (Glen Carbon, IL), Kiyo Hoshino (Chesterfield, MO)
Primary Examiner: Philip S. Hyder
Law Firm: Arnold, White & Durkee
Application Number: 0/86,018
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D 8/75
International Classification: 0802;