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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ken A Johnson, Margate, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
811211 ; 81DI / ; 811771 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a color code tool identification method for the instant determination of the size of various types of hand tools and small cutting tools such as drill bits. A color chart is provided showing a range of ten colors. Each color indicates a particular numeral. The sequence of the indicated numerals providing a size designation for the tool. The method provides fractional inch size determination and also metric size determination. The method may be used alone or in conjunction with conventional marking methods.