Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Handle or shank
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2007-02-27
Shakeri, Hadi (Department: 3723)
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Handle or shank
C081S427500, C007S168000, C007S128000, C030S159000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10066087
ABSTRACT:
A frame member for the handle of a folding knife or multipurpose tool includes an integral flange with an integral leaf spring. Frames are shown in the form of a channel with an integral external flange extending outwardly from the top of a channel wall in a direction away from the channel. Pivot pins extending through the channel and out the channel wall carry pivoting tool blades. An integral leaf spring on the external flange bears against the base of a blade pivotably connected to the frame outside of the channel. Other tool blades are carried inside the channel and pivot about the pivot pin.
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Photographs labeled A-K, of Fiskars, Inc.'s Excalibur Multi-Snip tool kit originally disclosed in applicant's Apr. 30, 2002 Supplemental Information Disclosure Statement The handle shown in images A-E is S-shaped, having a pair of side-by-side oppositely facing channels sharing a common channel wall. The respective channel floors each have a single integral leaf spring at one end of the channel. The handle shown in images F-K is S-shaped having a pair of side-by-side oppositely facing channels sharing a common channel wall. The floor of one channel has an integral leaf spring at one end.
Photographs, labeled A-C, of Gerber multi-function tool having channel-shaped handle with a leaf spring in the channel. The channel walls are rolled tightly inwardly to present a smoother surface to the hand.
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U.S. Appl. No. 10/062,759, filed Jun. 18, 2000, Rivera.
Fiskars, Inc. “Multi-Snip Tool Kit”, Aug. 1996.
Chernoff Vilhauer McClung & Stenzel LLP
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
Shakeri Hadi
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