Folding handle for tools and tools having folding handles
AssigneeJS Products, Inc.
InventorChungeng Chen
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Abstract
A folding handle for a tool has a main handle having a tool head, a handle extension rotatably connected to the main handle, the handle extension rotatable between a first extended position and a second folded position relative to the main handle, and a latching mechanism having a locking pin and an actuator connected to the locking pin and movable between a first position in which the locking pin engages the handle extension, preventing movement of the handle extension relative to the main handle, and a second position in which the locking pin is disengaged from the handle extension, allowing movement of the handle extension relative to the main handle. A tool may have first and second folding handles which are movably connected to one another.
Claims20
A folding handle for a tool comprising:
- a main handle having a proximal end and a distal end, a tool head located at said proximal end;
- a handle extension having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said handle extension rotatably connected to said distal end of said main handle, said handle extension rotatable between a first extended position and a second folded position relative to said main handle;
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- a latching mechanism, said latching mechanism comprising:
- a locking pin;
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- an actuator connected to said locking pin, said actuator movable between a first position in which said locking pin engages said handle extension, preventing movement of said handle extension relative to said main handle, and a second position in which said locking pin is disengaged from said handle extension, allowing movement of said handle extension relative to said main handle.
A tool having folding handles, comprising:
- a first handle comprising:
- a first main handle having a proximal end and a distal end, a first tool head located at said proximal end;
- a first handle extension having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said first handle extension rotatably connected to said distal end of said first main handle, said first handle extension rotatable between a first extended position and a second folded position relative to said first main handle;
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- a first latching mechanism, said first latching mechanism comprising:
- a first locking pin;
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- a first actuator connected to said first locking pin, said first actuator movable between a first position in which said first locking pin engages said first handle extension, preventing movement of said first handle extension relative to said first main handle, and a second position in which said first locking pin is disengaged from said first handle extension, allowing movement of said first handle extension relative to said first main handle;
- a second handle comprising:
- a second main handle having a proximal end and a distal end, a second tool head located at said proximal end;
- a second handle extension having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said second handle extension rotatably connected to said distal end of said second main handle, said second handle extension rotatable between a first extended position and a second folded position relative to said second main handle;
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- a second latching mechanism, said second latching mechanism comprising:
- a second locking pin;
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- a second actuator connected to said second locking pin, said second actuator movable between a first position in which said second locking pin engages said second handle extension, preventing movement of said second handle extension relative to said second main handle, and a second position in which said second locking pin is disengaged from said second handle extension, allowing movement of said second handle extension relative to said second main handle;
- said first and second handles movably connected to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.