Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hand forks and shovels – Convertible and combined
Reexamination Certificate
2006-04-25
2006-04-25
Kramer, Dean J. (Department: 3652)
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Hand forks and shovels
Convertible and combined
C294S053500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07032941
ABSTRACT:
A tool includes different tool heads, and an angularly adjustable handle. The angular adjustability allows better ergonomic body posture during use, thus reducing stress and injury, and also allows multiple functions for each tool. The handle comfortably receives a user's hand, with the user's thumb or forefinger located at a release button. The release button is spring-biased and includes teeth that inter-engage with teeth on the tool head to latchingly hold a selected angular position. A resilient cover encases the handle and the release button, preventing dirt from entering the button area to prevent jamming. The covering slips onto the handle and includes an annular lip that stretches over an end surface to retain the covering on the handle. The cultivator includes tines that, by adjusting an angle of the handle, extend in a direction parallel the handle but offset therefrom, or that extend at an angle to the handle.
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Exhibit A, Includes photographs and hand drawings of a 10-inch pruning saw made by Fiskars, Inc., Sauk City, WI 53583, including a handle, a saw blade pivoted to the handle, and a depressible button for releasing the saw blade and latching the saw blade in open and closed positions, no date.
Exhibit B, Includes photographs and hand drawings of a 6-inch pruning saw made by Fiskars, Inc., Sauk City, WI 53583, including a handle, a saw blade pivoted to the handle, and a depressible button for releasing the saw blade and latching the saw blade in open and closed positions, no date.
Kramer Dean J.
Price Heneveld Cooper DeWitt & Litton LLP
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