Level for a survey rod

- Crain Enterprises, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective of a first embodiment of a level of the present invention, with arms for attaching the level to a survey rod and a fragmentary portion of the survey rod being shown in phantom;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the level as viewed from an opposite side;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof, a left side of the level being a mirror image of the right side;

FIG. 8 is a perspective of a second embodiment of a level of the present invention including arms for attaching to a survey rod, a fragmentary portion of the survey rod being shown in phantom;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the level as viewed from an opposite side;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a right side elevational view thereof, a left side of the level being a mirror image of the right side;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the level with arms of the level pivoted to a stowed position of the level;

FIG. 16 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 19 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 20 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side of the level being a mirror image of the right side;

FIG. 21 is a perspective of a third embodiment of a level of the present invention including legs for attaching to a survey rod, a fragmentary portion of the survey rod being shown in phantom;

FIG. 22 is a perspective view of the level;

FIG. 23 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 24 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 25 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 26 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 27 is a right side elevational view thereof, a left side of the level being a mirror image of the right side;

FIG. 28 is a perspective view of the level with arms of the level pivoted to a stowed position of the level;

FIG. 29 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 30 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 31 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 32 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 33 is a right side elevational view thereof, the left side of the level being a mirror image of the right side.

The phantom lines in the drawings indicate environmental structure which forms no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a level for a survey rod, as shown and described.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
2096638 October 1937 Higgins, Jr.
3057250 October 1962 Griffith
4290207 September 22, 1981 Browning
4343093 August 10, 1982 Eadens
5255441 October 26, 1993 Burgess
5459934 October 24, 1995 Heroux
5701679 December 30, 1997 Buzikievich
5791609 August 11, 1998 Hankins
6772526 August 10, 2004 Crain
6874239 April 5, 2005 White
Patent History
Patent number: D579803
Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 7, 2007
Date of Patent: Nov 4, 2008
Assignee: Crain Enterprises, Inc. (Mound City, IL)
Inventors: Stephen B. Crain (Cape Girardeau, MO), Clinton J. Mize (Dongola, IL), Lindsey Marie Davis (Cape Girardeau, MO)
Primary Examiner: Antoine D Davis
Attorney: Senniger Powers LLP
Application Number: 29/298,553
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Spirit Level (D10/69)