Tool with ergonomic soft-grip handle
OwnerCheryl Ann Stoughton, Kurt Van Ulmer +1inventors
InventorsCheryl Ann Stoughton, Kurt Van Ulmer, Michael D. Hennessey
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Abstract
A tool has a tool element extending longitudinally of a handle. The handle has a body portion, a neck portion and a head portion with a forward base. The neck portion has a smaller cross-sectional dimension than the forward base. The body portion is generally oval in cross-section. The body portion has a major transverse axis dimension that decreases from a proximal end that is adjacent to the neck toward a distal tip and a minor transverse axis dimension that is less than the major transverse axis dimension. A skin of cushion material may be disposed over a major part of the body portion.
Claims28
A tool comprising:
- (A) a handle having a central longitudinal axis;
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- (B) a tool element extending longitudinally forwardly of said handle and supported thereby and wherein said handle includes
- (1) a head portion having a forward base with a first cross-sectional dimension and from which said tool element extends;
- (2) a neck portion being of smaller cross-sectional dimension than said base;
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- (3) a body portion having a proximal end adjacent to said neck portion and a distal tip opposite said proximal end, said body portion being generally oval in cross-section with a major transverse axis dimension that decreases in a longitudinal direction from the proximal end toward the distal tip and with a minor transverse axis dimension that is less than the major transverse axis dimension over a majority of said body portion.
A tool comprising:
- (A) a handle having a central longitudinal axis;
- (B) a tool element extending longitudinally forwardly of said handle and supported thereby and wherein said handle has a core that includes
- (1) a head portion having a forward base with a first cross-sectional dimension and from which said tool element extends;
- (2) a neck portion being of smaller cross-sectional dimension than said base;
- (3) a body portion having a proximal end adjacent to said neck portion and a distal tip opposite said proximal end, said body portion being generally oval in cross-section with major and minor axes and a major transverse axis dimension that decreases in a longitudinal direction from the proximal end toward the distal tip and with a minor transverse axis dimension that is less than the major transverse axis dimension over a majority of said body portion;
- (4) a pair of shoulder portions joining said body portion and said neck portion;
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- (C) a skin of cushion material disposed over a major part of said body portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.