US 11,673,762 B2
Fish tape case, and fish tape housed therein
Janine Victoria Mazur, Cambridge, MA (US); William Nordlin, Poplar Grove, IL (US); John Hagan, Roscoe, IL (US); and John Wayne Kroening, Machesney Park, IL (US)
Assigned to GREENLEE TOOLS, INC., Rockford, IL (US)
Filed by GREENLEE TOOLS, INC., Rockford, IL (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,655.
Application 17/825,655 is a continuation of application No. 17/440,645, granted, now 11,365,085, previously published as PCT/US2020/032104, filed on May 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,374, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/846,517, filed on May 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281711 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65H 75/36 (2006.01); H02G 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 75/364 (2013.01) [B65H 2402/412 (2013.01); B65H 2407/22 (2013.01); B65H 2701/376 (2013.01); H02G 1/083 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fish tape case configured to house a fish tape comprising:
a shell including
an upper shell part including an upper base wall, an inner side wall extending from an inner perimeter of the upper base wall, an outer side wall extending from an outer perimeter of the upper base wall,
a lower shell part including a lower base wall, an inner side wall extending from an inner perimeter of the lower base wall, an outer side wall extending from an outer perimeter of the lower base wall,
wherein the inner side walls mate together and form a central aperture, and the outer side walls mate together and define an outer diameter, and a cavity is formed by the walls, and
the upper shell part having an opening therethrough in communication with the cavity; and
a storage tray including an upper base wall, a lower base wall, an inner side wall extending from an inner perimeter of the lower base wall of the storage tray, an outer side wall extending between outer perimeters of the base walls of the storage tray and defining an outer diameter of the storage tray, the walls of the storage tray defining a cavity therein, the storage tray having an opening therethrough which is in communication with the cavity and through which the fish tape can pass.