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US 10,244,677 B2Granted
Hand tools having a protective hand guard
OwnerGenaro Texidorinventor
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Abstract
Hand tools having a hand guard for protecting a user's working hand. In one embodiment, the hand tool may be a hand rake that includes a rake body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end and including a handle portion and a rake portion. The handle portion may extend from the proximal end of the rake body and include a finger opening configured to receive a user's fingers therethrough. The rake portion may extend from the distal end of the rake body to the handle portion and include a plurality of tines. A hand guard may be attached to the rake body and positioned over a top surface of the handle portion and may include a plurality of walls defining an interior space configured to receive the user's hand therein. In other embodiments, the hand tool may be a grabber or a paint roller.
Claims20
A tool comprising:
- a first rake body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, the first rake body comprising:
- a handle portion extending from the proximal end toward the distal end of the first rake body, wherein the handle portion has a planar shape defining a top surface, an opposite bottom surface, a first side, and an opposite second side of the handle portion, and wherein the handle portion comprises:
- a finger opening extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the handle portion and configured to receive a user's fingers therethrough;
- a first plurality of tabs extending laterally outward along the first side of the handle portion;
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- a second plurality of tabs extending laterally outward along the second side of the handle portion;
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- a first rake portion extending from the distal end of the first rake body to the handle portion, wherein the first rake portion is integrally formed with the handle portion, wherein a majority of the first rake portion has a planar shape and is coplanar with the handle portion, and wherein the first rake portion comprises:
- a plurality of tines;
- and
- a plurality of cross-members extending between adjacent tines and oriented transverse to a longitudinal extent of the tines;
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- a hand guard attached to the first rake body and positioned over a top surface of the handle portion, wherein the hand guard comprises an open proximal end, an opposite, closed distal end, and a plurality of walls defining an interior space configured to receive the user's hand therein, and wherein the plurality of walls of the hand guard comprises:
- a front wall positioned along the distal end of the hand guard;
- a top wall extending from the proximal end of the hand guard to the front wall;
- a first sidewall extending from the proximal end of the hand guard to the front wall, wherein the first sidewall extends below the bottom surface of the handle portion, and wherein the first sidewall comprises a first plurality of mounting holes engaging the first plurality of tabs;
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- a second sidewall extending from the proximal end of the hand guard to the front wall, wherein the second sidewall extends below the bottom surface of the handle portion, and wherein the second sidewall comprises a second plurality of mounting holes engaging the second plurality of tabs.
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A tool comprising:
- a first rake body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, the first rake body comprising:
- a handle portion extending from the proximal end toward the distal end of the first rake body, wherein the handle portion comprises a finger opening configured to receive a user's fingers therethrough;
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- a first rake portion extending from the distal end of the first rake body to the handle portion, wherein the first rake portion comprises:
- a plurality of tines;
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- a plurality of cross-members extending between adjacent tines and oriented transverse to a longitudinal extent of the tines;
- a hand guard attached to the first rake body and positioned over a top surface of the handle portion, the hand guard comprising a plurality of walls defining an interior space configured to receive the user's hand therein;
- a second rake body pivotally attached to the first rake body, wherein the second rake body has a proximal end and an opposite distal end, wherein the second rake body comprises:
- a mounting portion extending from the proximal end toward the distal end of the second rake body and attached to the first rake body;
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- a second rake portion extending from the distal end of the second rake body to the mounting portion, wherein the second rake portion comprises a plurality of tines, wherein the second rake body is configured to pivot relative to the first rake body between a closed position in which the tines of the second rake body are positioned proximate the tines of the first rake body and an open position in which the tines of the second rake body are spaced apart from the tines of the first rake body, and wherein the second rake body is pivotally attached to the first rake body via a spring hinge configured to bias the second rake body toward the closed position;
- a first mesh covering attached to the first rake body, wherein the first mesh covering comprises:
- a top wall extending over a top surface of the first rake body;
- a first sidewall extending downward from the top wall of the first mesh covering along a first side of the first rake body;
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- a second sidewall extending downward from the top wall of the first mesh covering along a second side of the first rake body;
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- a second mesh covering attached to the second rake body, the second mesh covering comprising:
- a bottom wall extending under a bottom surface of the second rake body;
- a first sidewall extending upward from the bottom wall of the second mesh covering along a first side of the second rake body;
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- a second sidewall extending upward from the bottom wall of the second mesh covering along a second side of the second rake body;
- wherein the second rake body and the second mesh covering are positioned between the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the first mesh covering when the second rake body is in the closed position;
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- wherein the second rake body and the second mesh covering are vertically spaced apart from the first mesh covering when the second rake body is in the open position.
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A tool comprising:
- a first rake body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, the first rake body comprising:
- a handle portion extending from the proximal end toward the distal end of the first rake body, wherein the handle portion has a planar shape defining a top surface, an opposite bottom surface, a first side, and an opposite second side of the handle portion, and wherein the handle portion comprises:
- a finger opening extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the handle portion and configured to receive a user's fingers therethrough;
- a cross-member extending from the first side to the second side of the first rake body and positioned between the proximal end of the first rake body and the finger opening;
- a first plurality of tabs extending laterally outward along the first side of the handle portion;
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- a second plurality of tabs extending laterally outward along the second side of the handle portion;
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- a first rake portion extending from the distal end of the first rake body to the handle portion, wherein the first rake portion is integrally formed with the handle portion, wherein a majority of the first rake portion has a planar shape and is coplanar with the handle portion, and wherein the first rake portion comprises:
- a plurality of tines;
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- a plurality of cross-members extending between adjacent tines and oriented transverse to a longitudinal extent of the tines;
- a hand guard attached to the first rake body and positioned over the top surface of the handle portion, wherein the hand guard comprises an open proximal end, an opposite, closed distal end, and a plurality of walls integrally formed with one another and defining an interior space configured to receive the user's hand therein, and wherein the plurality of walls of the hand guard comprises:
- a front wall positioned along the distal end of the hand guard;
- a top wall extending from the proximal end of the hand guard to the front wall;
- a first sidewall extending from the proximal end of the hand guard to the front wall, wherein the first sidewall extends below the bottom surface of the handle portion, and wherein the first sidewall comprises a first plurality of mounting holes engaging the first plurality of tabs;
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- a second sidewall extending from the proximal end of the hand guard to the front wall, wherein the second sidewall extends below the bottom surface of the handle portion, and wherein the second sidewall comprises a second plurality of mounting holes engaging the second plurality of tabs;
- a top grip member positioned on a top surface of the cross-member and between the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the hand guard;
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- a bottom grip member positioned on a bottom surface of the cross-member and between the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the hand guard.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.