US 11,945,089 B2
Prep tool
Victor J. Levand, Lyndhurst, OH (US); Sharad Gaurav, Lakewood, OH (US); Sarah Bridget Mulroy, Rocky River, OH (US); Joshua R. Robertson, North Ridgeville, OH (US); Edward Ray Goodwin, Westlake, OH (US); Randi Boss, Avon Lake, OH (US); and Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Aurora, OH (US)
Assigned to The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed by The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, OH (US)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,198.
Application 17/752,198 is a continuation of application No. 16/411,824, filed on May 14, 2019, granted, now 11,370,098.
Application 16/411,824 is a continuation of application No. 15/426,129, filed on Feb. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,369,687, issued on Aug. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/292,568, filed on Feb. 8, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281093 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25F 1/04 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B25F 1/00 (2006.01); B25G 1/08 (2006.01); B25G 3/14 (2006.01); B25G 3/26 (2006.01); B25G 3/32 (2006.01); B26B 11/00 (2006.01); B44D 3/00 (2006.01); E04F 21/165 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 1/04 (2013.01) [B08B 1/005 (2013.01); B25F 1/006 (2013.01); B25G 1/08 (2013.01); B25G 3/14 (2013.01); B25G 3/26 (2013.01); B25G 3/32 (2013.01); B26B 11/001 (2013.01); B26B 11/006 (2013.01); B44D 3/006 (2013.01); E04F 21/165 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool, comprising:
a plate having a first end, a second end opposite thereto, a length between the first end and the second end, and a thickness, the plate extending along a plane from the first end to the second end; and
a body coupled to a portion of the plate, wherein the body includes a front face, a rear face opposite the front face and generally parallel to the plane, a first side extending between the front face and the rear face, and a second side opposite the first side;
wherein the body further comprises a slot compartment defined at least partially by a front wall arranged parallel to the plane and a rear wall arranged parallel to the plane and spaced apart from the front wall by a slot thickness, wherein the slot compartment is configured to receive a second tool and at least partially conceal the second tool within the body between the front face and the rear face, and the slot compartment has an opening in the first side of the body, a length extending in the direction from the first end to the second end, and a depth extending from the first side towards the second side;
wherein the slot compartment further comprises a wedge member that includes a planar surface extending along a portion of one of the front wall or the rear wall of the slot compartment, wherein the wedge member has a first thickness proximate to the opening of the slot compartment and a second thickness proximate to an interior of the slot compartment, wherein the second thickness is greater than the first thickness, and the wedge member reduces the slot thickness between the front wall and rear wall of the slot compartment, and the wedge member is configured to facilitate maintaining a position of the second tool when stored within the slot compartment; and
wherein the body further comprises a thumb notch in the front face, the thumb notch being a cutout beginning at a perimeter of the opening along the length of the slot compartment in the first side, and extending into the front face and the front wall along the depth of the slot compartment.