USD19519S - Design for an oar or paddle - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. DAVIS, OF IVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

DESIGN FOR AN OAR OR PADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Design No. 19,519, dated December 24, 1889. Application filed November 25, 1889. Serial No. 381,555. Term of patent 14 years.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. Davis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have in- 5 vented a certain new and original Design for Oars, Paddles, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a novel design for the handles or hand port-ions of oars, paddles, 1o the., which is represented in the annexed photographs, Figures 1 and 2 of which show opposite sides or faces of such handle or hand portion.

The design consists of a handle or hand 15 portion A of an oar or paddle, formed with a series of ridges a and depressions b and with an irregular surface c, respectively conformin g more or less closely to the fingers, thumb, and palm of the hand when the handle is zo is grasped thereby.

The distinguishing feature of the design is the appearance which it presents to t-he eye, and which is that of a plastic body which has been grasped by a human hand and firmly pressed or squeezed, leaving the imprint of z 5 the hand.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The design for the handle or hand portion of `an oar or paddle herein described and 3o shown.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. DAVIS.

Witnesses:

O. M. BALL, CHARLES G; RINGWALT.

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