Hand tool
AssigneeFaultless Starch/Bon Ami Company
InventorsStephen M. Pope, Scott Wayland
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a hand tool that includes an implement, a tang extending from the implement, and a handle secured tot the tang. The handle includes an opposing surface facing away from the implement, and a portion of the tang is configured to engage a portion of the opposing surface to mechanically lock the handle and tang together. The present invention is also directed to a multi-blade garden transplanter tool that includes at least three blades extending outward along a center axis from a free end to a handle end, and a handle is secured to the handle end.
Claims36
A hand tool comprising:
- an implement;
- a tang extending from said implement;
- a handle secured to said tang, said handle comprising an internal passageway configured to receive said tang;
- wherein said handle comprises an opposing surface facing away from said implement, said opposing surface being defined by an aperture ring extending through said handle generally perpendicular a longitudinal axis of said tool;
- and
- wherein an end of said tang extends through a slot in said aperture ring, and wherein a portion of said tang is in abutting contact with an inner surface of said slot and a portion of said tang is in abutting contact with a portion of said opposing surface defined by said aperture ring to mechanically lock the handle and tang together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.