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US 12,409,542 B2Granted
Multi-use hammer
AssigneeDaniel J. Raymond
InventorDaniel J. Raymond
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Abstract
The hammer has a head and a handle which extends from the head. The head has at least two surfaces that face towards the handle and that lie in a common first plane. At least a portion of the handle extends linearly and perpendicularly from the first plane to allow a user to draw a straight line which is perpendicular to the first plane.
Claims16
A hammer, comprising:
- a head and a handle extending from the head;
- the head having a front portion with a striking face, a pair of cheeks, and a pair of claws that extend to rearmost distal ends, the rearmost distal ends of the claws lying in a common first plane with a planar lower surface of the front portion and with a shoulder on the cheeks, and wherein the claws are spaced from one another by a single groove that converges from the rearmost distal ends of the claws toward the cheeks and extend at an angle relative to the common first plane to the rearmost distal ends;
- at least one side surface of the handle extending linearly and perpendicularly to the first plane for allowing a user to draw a straight line which is perpendicular to the first plane;
- and
- one surface of the handle including a plurality of angle indicia with a plurality of lines, the plurality of lines being spaced apart from one another along the handle and each pointing directly towards the rearmost distal ends of the claws such that the plurality of spaced apart lines are non-parallel with respect to one another so that the hammer can be rotated about a pivot point established by the rearmost distal ends of the claws to a desired angle identified in the angle indicia so that a line at that desired angle can be drawn using the at least one side surface of the handle as a guide.
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A method of marking stud locations on a work piece and drawing a line at a desired angle using a hammer, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a hammer that has a head and a handle extending from the head, the head having a front portion with a striking face, a pair of cheeks, and a pair of claws that extend to rearmost distal ends, the rearmost distal ends of the claws lying in a common first plane with a planar lower surface of the front portion and a shoulder on the cheeks, wherein the claws are spaced from one another by a single groove that converges from the rearmost distal ends of the claws toward the cheeks and extend at an angle relative to the common first plane to the rearmost distal ends, at least one side surface of the handle extending linearly and perpendicularly to the first plane, one surface of the handle including a plurality of angle indicia with a plurality of lines, the plurality of lines being spaced apart from one another along the handle and each pointing directly towards the distal ends of the claws such that the plurality of spaced apart lines are non-parallel with respect to one another;
- resting at least one of the rearmost distal ends of the claws against an edge of the work piece and resting at least one of the lower surface of the front portion and the shoulder of the cheeks against the edge of the work piece;
- pivoting the hammer about the at least one rearmost distal end of the claws to align one of the lines on the handle with the edge of the work piece;
- and
- drawing a line on the work piece using the at least one side surface of the handle that extends linearly and perpendicularly from the first plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.