Universal Rotation-Inhibiting Connector Apparatus and Method for Threaded Utility Handles
OwnerJoseph Congdoninventor
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Abstract
A universal connector apparatus for securing a male-threaded utility handle end into a female receptacle of a tool assembly comprising a tool, comprising: a substantially-circular friction ring; a substantially-circular thread neck attached at a leading end thereof to, and centrally-aligned with, a trailing end of the friction ring; and a substantially-circular threaded-end aperture running centrally through the friction ring and thread neck combination.
Claims20
A universal connector apparatus for securing a male-threaded utility handle end into a female receptacle of a tool assembly comprising a tool, comprising:
- a substantially-circular friction ring;
- a substantially-circular thread neck attached at a leading end thereof to, and centrally-aligned with, a trailing end of said friction ring;
- and
- a substantially-circular threaded-end aperture running centrally through the friction ring and thread neck combination;
- said friction ring and said thread neck sized and shaped and comprising a connector material enabling a snug fit over the male threading of the male-threaded handle when an end of the handle proximate the male threads is inserted through said friction ring and thread neck combination;
- and
- said connector material supplying sufficient friction wherein when said friction ring and thread neck combination is fitted over the male threads, and when the male threads in combination with said thread neck are screwed into the female receptacle of the tool assembly, said connector apparatus substantially impedes relative rotation between the handle and the tool.
A method for securing a male-threaded utility handle end into a female receptacle of a tool assembly comprising a tool, using a universal connector apparatus, comprising:
- inserting the handle proximate the male threads through a friction ring and thread neck combination of said universal connector apparatus and fitting said friction ring and said thread neck over the male threading of the male-threaded handle, wherein said universal connector apparatus is sized and shaped and comprises a connector material enabling a snug fit over the male threading;
- screwing the male threads in combination with said thread neck into the female receptacle of the tool assembly, such that said connector apparatus substantially impedes relative rotation between the handle and the tool, by supplying sufficient friction using said connector material;
- wherein:
- said friction ring is substantially-circular;
- said thread neck is substantially-circular, and is attached at a leading end thereof to, and centrally-aligned with, a trailing end of said friction ring;
- and
- a threaded-end aperture is substantially-circular and runs centrally through the friction ring and thread neck combination.
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