Handle for a folding tool

Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view from the upper right front of a handle for a folding tool showing my new design, wherein the broken-line depictions of rivet heads on the side of the handle and of a folding tool including a pair of similar handles and a pair of scissors blades associated therewith are included merely for illustrative purposes and form no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a right side elevational view of the handle for a folding tool shown in FIG. 1, the left side elevational view thereof being a mirror image of this view;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front end elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is an isometric view taken from the upper right front thereof.

Claims

The ornamental design for a handle for a folding tool, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Rivera; Benjamin C. (West Linn, OR)
Assignee:	Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. (Portland, OR)
Appl. No.:	D/155,104
Filed:	January 30, 2002

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Current U.S. Class:	D8/107; D8/58
Current International Class:	0805
Field of Search:	;D8/52,54-56,105,106,107,98,99 ;D27/142 ;7/118,125,127-135,165,167,168 ;30/153,155 ;81/425.7,486,489,DIG.9,177.4,177.6,324,342,367,370,390

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Primary Examiner: Douglas; Alan P.
Assistant Examiner: Heflin; Clare E.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel, LLP