Handle for a folding tool

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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view from the upper right front of a handle for a folding tool showing my new design, wherein the broken-line depictions of rivet heads on the side of the handle and of a folding tool including a pair of similar handles and a pair of scissors blades associated therewith are included merely for illustrative purposes and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view of the handle for a folding tool shown in FIG. 1, the left side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of this view;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front end elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is an isometric view taken from the upper right front thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for a handle for a folding tool, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D474670
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 30, 2002
Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
Assignee: Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. (Portland, OR)
Inventor: Benjamin C. Rivera (West Linn, OR)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Clare E. Heflin
Attorney, Agent or Law Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel, LLP
Application Number: 29/155,104
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D8/107; D8/58
International Classification: 0805;