Tongue-in-groove pliers

- APEX BRANDS, INC.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tongue-in-groove pliers in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the tongue-in-groove pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the tongue-in-groove pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the tongue-in-groove pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the tongue-in-groove pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the tongue-in-groove pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the tongue-in-groove pliers of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is an isolated perspective view of a first half of the tongue-in-groove pliers of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 9 is an isolated perspective view of a second half of the tongue-in-groove pliers of FIG. 1.

The broken lines in the drawings illustrate portions of the tongue-in-groove pliers that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for the tongue-in-groove pliers, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D991000
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 12, 2022
Date of Patent: Jul 4, 2023
Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC. (Apex, NC)
Inventors: Noah Thomas Steen (Apex, NC), Kelsey David Gilmore (Furquay-Varina, NC), Zhihong Fu (Cary, NC)
Primary Examiner: Deanna L Pratt
Application Number: 29/852,981
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D8/52