Step stool

Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a step stool showing the new design with the texturing on the top surface shown in broken lines and form no art of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, the rear elevational view being identical thereto, with the wheels supporting the step stool shown in broken line;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the unillustrated side being identical thereto, with the wheels shown in broken lines;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof, with the surface texturing of the top horizontal surface of the step stool shown in broken lines as such texturing may vary and does not form a part of the design to be patented; and,

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the open bottom and interior of the step stool with structural elements shown in broken lines as they do not form a part of the design being patented.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a step stool, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Saunders; Craig M. (Rocky River, OH), Tufts, Jr.; Lindsey (Eastlake, OH), Kalman; Jeffrey M. (Cleveland Heights, OH)
Assignee:	J.F. Meskill Enterprises, LLC (Cleveland, OH)
Appl. No.:	D/267,837
Filed:	October 23, 2006

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Current U.S. Class:	D6/350
Current International Class:	0601
Field of Search:	;D6/349-355,363-364,484,495,500-502 ;297/195.1,195.11,16.1,118,16.2,175,187,462,215.16,219.11,423.1,423.39,423.41,423.43,461 ;108/53.3,115,150

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Primary Examiner: Snapp; Sandra
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fay Sharpe LLP