US 11,945,089 B2Granted

Prep tool

AssigneeThe Sherwin-Williams Company

InventorsVictor J. Levand, Sharad Gaurav, Sarah Bridget Mulroy, Joshua R. Robertson, Edward Ray Goodwin, Randi Boss, Michael C. Lambertson, Jr.

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Abstract

A tool is provided that includes unitary plate that includes a blade portion and a tang portion. The blade portion can include an edge. The tang portion can include a positioning hole, a first hole, a slot, a second hole, a rivet hole, and one or more teeth (also referred to as one or more barbs) on a side of the tang portion. The tool can further include a hilt member which includes a through passage, a tab, and a notch. The tool includes an overlay on a body to create a handle for gripping the tool. The tool further includes a hammerhead cap on an end of the body, the hammerhead cap is coupled to the handle with a rivet through the rivet hole.

Claims16

Dependent claims

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.

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A tool, comprising:

a unitary plate having a first end, a second end opposite thereto, a length between the first end and the second end, and a thickness, the first end forming a front end of a blade portion and the second end forming a rear end of a tang portion, the unitary plate extending along a plane from the first end to the second end;
and
a body formed on the tang portion, wherein the body includes a front face, a rear face opposite the front face and generally parallel to the plane, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side;
wherein the body further comprises a slot compartment at least partially defined 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, the slot compartment having an opening in the first side of the body, 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 a length extending in the direction from the first end to the second end and a depth that is orthogonal to the length, the depth extending from the first side towards the second side, wherein the body further comprises a thumb notch in the front face, the thumb notch being a curved cutout beginning at a perimeter of the opening along the length of the slot compartment;
and
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 is configured to facilitate maintaining a position of the second tool when stored within the slot compartment.

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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 first end forming a front end of a blade portion and the second end forming a rear end of a tang portion, wherein the plate extends along a plane from the first end to the second end;
a body formed to surround the tang portion, 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 first plane and a rear wall arranged parallel to the first plane and spaced apart from the front wall by a slot thickness, wherein the slot compartment includes an opening in the first side of the body, and 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 a length extending in the direction from the first end to the second end and a depth that is orthogonal to the length, wherein the depth extends into the body 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, the thumb notch being a curved 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.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/752,198Filed 24 May 2022 · continuation
Priority: 8 Feb 2016
Published: US 2022/0281093 A18 Sep 2022
Granted: 2 Apr 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

B25F 1/04
With interchangeable or adjustable tool elements: wherein the elements are brought into working positions by a pivoting or sliding movement
B08B 1/165
Rigid blades, e.g. scrapers; Flexible blades, e.g. wipers: scrapers
B25F 1/006
Combination or multi-purpose hand tools: with percussion tool-heads or -blades, e.g. hammers, axes
B25G 1/08
Handle constructions: with provision for storing tool elements

Family

Application62/292,568Us provisional application · filed 8 Feb 2016
Application15/426,129Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Feb 2017
Application16/411,824Parent of this continuation · filed 14 May 2019
US 10,369,687 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Aug 2019
US 2022/0281093 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Sep 2022
US 11,370,098 B2Parent of this continuation
US 10,335,940 B2Related patent
US 2017/0232604 A1Published application
US 2019/0270191 A1Published application
US 11,945,089 B2This patent

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