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The broken lines immediately adjacent the shaded areas represent bounds of the claimed design and environment while all other broken lines are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only. The broken lines form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a hand tool, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Dec 18, 2009
Date of Patent: Mar 29, 2011
Assignee: Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. (Portland, OR)
Inventors: Benjamin C. Rivera (Lake Oswego, OR), Jeffrey L. Caniparoli (Milwaukie, OR), Jeffrey B. Castro (Portland, OR), Blair Scott Barnes (Portland, OR)
Primary Examiner: Austin Murphy
Attorney: Alston & Bird LLP
Application Number: 29/352,321