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| USD542106S1 (en)* | 2005-12-22 | 2007-05-08 | Alsobrook Randall A | Socket | 
| US20080085151A1 (en)* | 2006-10-04 | 2008-04-10 | Pazdirek Jiri V | Light weight ball joint | 
| USRE42400E1 (en) | 2003-02-07 | 2011-05-31 | Easco Hand Tools, Inc. | Laser etched socket | 
| USD649417S1 (en) | 2010-05-21 | 2011-11-29 | Ian Lyle Gresham | Socket | 
| USRE43408E1 (en) | 2003-02-07 | 2012-05-29 | Apex Brands, Inc. | Laser etched socket | 
| USD666466S1 (en) | 2010-05-21 | 2012-09-04 | Apex Brands, Inc. | Ratchet wrench | 
| TWI399263B (en)* | 2011-06-03 | 2013-06-21 | ||
| USD896047S1 (en)* | 2017-05-16 | 2020-09-15 | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Driver | 
| US10953521B2 (en) | 2017-05-16 | 2021-03-23 | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Driver | 
| USD1021584S1 (en)* | 2017-05-22 | 2024-04-09 | Grip Holdings Llc | Extractor socket | 
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4420995A (en) | 1981-06-05 | 1983-12-20 | Roberts Peter M | Quick-release and positive locking mechanism for use on socket wrenches and on power and impact tools | 
| US4836059A (en) | 1986-11-13 | 1989-06-06 | Easco Corporation | Elastomeric sleeve for conventional wrench sockets | 
| US4936170A (en) | 1989-07-28 | 1990-06-26 | Zumeta Roberto G | Color coding system | 
| US4947713A (en) | 1985-12-04 | 1990-08-14 | Easco Hand Tools, Inc. | Elastomeric sleeve on rearward portion of wrench socket to facilitate recognition and selection of the socket | 
| US4982627A (en) | 1985-12-18 | 1991-01-08 | Johnson Ken A | Color coded tools | 
| US5031488A (en) | 1989-07-28 | 1991-07-16 | Zumeta Roberto G | Color coding system | 
| US5053440A (en) | 1989-05-27 | 1991-10-01 | Huels Aktiengesellschaft | Polymeric materials which can be inscribed by laser light | 
| US5079978A (en) | 1989-07-27 | 1992-01-14 | William Kupfer | Double-coded wrenches and sockets | 
| US5422383A (en) | 1993-04-22 | 1995-06-06 | Somar Corporation | Laser beam absorbing resin composition, coloring material therefor and laser beam marking method | 
| USD359669S (en) | 1993-06-02 | 1995-06-27 | Splingaire Jeffrey M | Socket | 
| US5489639A (en) | 1994-08-18 | 1996-02-06 | General Electric Company | Copper salts for laser marking of thermoplastic compositions | 
| USD398823S (en) | 1997-12-03 | 1998-09-29 | Chih-Ching Hsieh | Socket wrench | 
| US5819606A (en) | 1997-07-14 | 1998-10-13 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Plastic identification insert for sockets | 
| US5910197A (en) | 1997-07-30 | 1999-06-08 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Wrench with supplementary driving lugs formed on its square cross-sectioned drive tang and interchangeable sockets therefor | 
| US5970552A (en) | 1998-02-03 | 1999-10-26 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Scaffold prybar ratchet | 
| USD425770S (en) | 1998-05-29 | 2000-05-30 | Chih-Ching Hsieh | Socket wrench | 
| US6152826A (en) | 1998-04-29 | 2000-11-28 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Impact universal joint | 
| USD439481S1 (en) | 1999-11-05 | 2001-03-27 | Chin Ho Lin | Socket tool | 
| USD442837S1 (en) | 2000-10-26 | 2001-05-29 | Gerardo Porras | Grippable drive socket | 
| US6257096B1 (en) | 1998-01-30 | 2001-07-10 | David Ling | Socket adaptor for ratchet | 
| US6477759B2 (en) | 1999-11-15 | 2002-11-12 | Bobby Hu | Method for processing a hand tool | 
| USD484376S1 (en) | 2002-06-18 | 2003-12-30 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Laser etched socket | 
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4420995A (en) | 1981-06-05 | 1983-12-20 | Roberts Peter M | Quick-release and positive locking mechanism for use on socket wrenches and on power and impact tools | 
| US4947713A (en) | 1985-12-04 | 1990-08-14 | Easco Hand Tools, Inc. | Elastomeric sleeve on rearward portion of wrench socket to facilitate recognition and selection of the socket | 
| US4982627A (en) | 1985-12-18 | 1991-01-08 | Johnson Ken A | Color coded tools | 
| US4836059A (en) | 1986-11-13 | 1989-06-06 | Easco Corporation | Elastomeric sleeve for conventional wrench sockets | 
| US5053440A (en) | 1989-05-27 | 1991-10-01 | Huels Aktiengesellschaft | Polymeric materials which can be inscribed by laser light | 
| US5079978A (en) | 1989-07-27 | 1992-01-14 | William Kupfer | Double-coded wrenches and sockets | 
| US4936170A (en) | 1989-07-28 | 1990-06-26 | Zumeta Roberto G | Color coding system | 
| US5031488A (en) | 1989-07-28 | 1991-07-16 | Zumeta Roberto G | Color coding system | 
| US5422383A (en) | 1993-04-22 | 1995-06-06 | Somar Corporation | Laser beam absorbing resin composition, coloring material therefor and laser beam marking method | 
| USD359669S (en) | 1993-06-02 | 1995-06-27 | Splingaire Jeffrey M | Socket | 
| US5489639A (en) | 1994-08-18 | 1996-02-06 | General Electric Company | Copper salts for laser marking of thermoplastic compositions | 
| US5819606A (en) | 1997-07-14 | 1998-10-13 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Plastic identification insert for sockets | 
| US5910197A (en) | 1997-07-30 | 1999-06-08 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Wrench with supplementary driving lugs formed on its square cross-sectioned drive tang and interchangeable sockets therefor | 
| USD398823S (en) | 1997-12-03 | 1998-09-29 | Chih-Ching Hsieh | Socket wrench | 
| US6257096B1 (en) | 1998-01-30 | 2001-07-10 | David Ling | Socket adaptor for ratchet | 
| US5970552A (en) | 1998-02-03 | 1999-10-26 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Scaffold prybar ratchet | 
| US6152826A (en) | 1998-04-29 | 2000-11-28 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Impact universal joint | 
| USD425770S (en) | 1998-05-29 | 2000-05-30 | Chih-Ching Hsieh | Socket wrench | 
| USD439481S1 (en) | 1999-11-05 | 2001-03-27 | Chin Ho Lin | Socket tool | 
| US6477759B2 (en) | 1999-11-15 | 2002-11-12 | Bobby Hu | Method for processing a hand tool | 
| USD442837S1 (en) | 2000-10-26 | 2001-05-29 | Gerardo Porras | Grippable drive socket | 
| USD484376S1 (en) | 2002-06-18 | 2003-12-30 | Hand Tool Design Corporation | Laser etched socket | 
| Title | 
|---|
| 2001/2002 Matco Tools Professional Hand Tools Catalog and Service Equipment, ¼″ Impact Sockets. | 
| 2001/2002 Matco Tools Professional Hand Tools Catalog and Service Equipment, ½″ Metric Impact Sockets. | 
| Armstrong Industrial Hand Tools Advertisement. | 
| Design patent application Ser. No. 29/175,699 entitled "Laser Etched Socket," filed Feb. 7, 2003. | 
| Design patent application Ser. No. 29/175,706 entitled "Laser Etched Socket," filed Feb. 7, 2003. | 
| Design patent application Ser. No. 29/176,157 entitled "Laser Etched Socket," filed Feb. 19, 2003. | 
| Matco Tools; "Promo 5;" product launch flyer distributed at trade show in Apr. 2001; 2 pp. | 
| Matco Tools; product launch flyer distributed at trade show in Feb. 1999; 3 pp. | 
| Sunex Tools; "New Tools, New Rules;" product catalog; actual publication date unknown, but Applicant believes catalog was published more than 1-year prior to the filing of this Application. | 
| Suntex—Product Catalog 1998, ¼″ Chrome Sockets and Sets. | 
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USRE42400E1 (en) | 2003-02-07 | 2011-05-31 | Easco Hand Tools, Inc. | Laser etched socket | 
| USRE43408E1 (en) | 2003-02-07 | 2012-05-29 | Apex Brands, Inc. | Laser etched socket | 
| US20040216566A1 (en)* | 2003-04-30 | 2004-11-04 | Leo Shih | Tool provided with conspicuous identification of specification thereof | 
| USD542106S1 (en)* | 2005-12-22 | 2007-05-08 | Alsobrook Randall A | Socket | 
| US20080085151A1 (en)* | 2006-10-04 | 2008-04-10 | Pazdirek Jiri V | Light weight ball joint | 
| USD649417S1 (en) | 2010-05-21 | 2011-11-29 | Ian Lyle Gresham | Socket | 
| USD666466S1 (en) | 2010-05-21 | 2012-09-04 | Apex Brands, Inc. | Ratchet wrench | 
| TWI399263B (en)* | 2011-06-03 | 2013-06-21 | ||
| USD896047S1 (en)* | 2017-05-16 | 2020-09-15 | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Driver | 
| US10953521B2 (en) | 2017-05-16 | 2021-03-23 | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Driver | 
| USD1021584S1 (en)* | 2017-05-22 | 2024-04-09 | Grip Holdings Llc | Extractor socket | 
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| USRE43408E1 (en) | Laser etched socket | |
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| USD659671S1 (en) | Electronic device | |
| USD499624S1 (en) | Impact driver | |
| USD498353S1 (en) | Portion of a shoe | |
| USD466531S1 (en) | Hood surface | |
| USD497786S1 (en) | Impact wrench | |
| USD508681S1 (en) | Circuit board | |
| USD468198S1 (en) | Front surface of package | |
| USD484376S1 (en) | Laser etched socket | |
| USD474985S1 (en) | Laser level | |
| USD548367S1 (en) | Portion of a retaining wall block | |
| USD515454S1 (en) | Brooch | |
| USD500435S1 (en) | Laser etched socket | |
| USD501024S1 (en) | Laser printer | |
| USD504340S1 (en) | Laser level | |
| USD544483S1 (en) | Electronic mouse | |
| USD540752S1 (en) | Front portion of an electronic housing | |
| USD475938S1 (en) | Laser level | |
| USD493551S1 (en) | Navigation light | |
| USD526587S1 (en) | Laser level | |
| USD558784S1 (en) | Electronic device | |
| USD460483S1 (en) | Marking device | |
| USD507361S1 (en) | Headlamp |