Hand Trowel and Hand Trowel Handle for Use with the Same
AssigneeAcufloor, LLC
InventorsClinton D. Bunch, Joshua A. Bunch
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Abstract
A hand trowel and hand trowel handle for use with the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the hand trowel handle, a handle has an ergonomic shape and the handle is provided with a discrete, selectively adjustable, rotational angle. A locking member may be tightened into a locked, abutted relationship with the handle to reversibly lock the discrete, selectively adjustable, rotational angle. The locking member may be loosened from the locked, abutted relationship with the handle to provide selective adjustment of the discrete, selectively adjustable, rotational angle.
Claims21
A hand trowel comprising:
- a body member having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end including a hub member thereat, the lower end having a mounting member extending therefrom;
- a shaft having a proximal end region and a distal end region, the proximal end region being secured to the hub member such that the shaft extends therefrom, the proximal end region having a plurality of external mating elements circumferentially positioned therearound and circumferentially extending perpendicularly therefrom to provide a radially varying contact surface having a plurality of keyways;
- a blade member secured to the mounting member of the lower end;
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- a hand trowel handle secured to the upper end of the body member, the hand trowel handle including:
- a handle having a front end region and a rear end region with a gripping member therebetween, the gripping member having a selectively adjustable, rotational angle, the handle having a handle length which approximates a shaft length of the shaft,
- the handle having a bore therethrough with a front opening and a rear opening, the bore having a plurality of internal mating elements circumferentially positioned therearound at the front end region, the plurality of internal mating elements selectively mating with the plurality of external mating elements to define the selectively adjustable, rotational angle of the handle, and
- a locking member engageable with the shaft to maintain the selectively adjustable, rotational angle of the handle.
A hand trowel handle comprising:
- a handle having a front end region and a rear end region with a gripping member therebetween, the gripping member having a selectively adjustable, rotational angle,
- the handle having a bore therethrough with a front opening and a rear opening, the bore having a plurality of internal mating elements circumferentially positioned therearound at the front end region, the plurality of internal mating elements selectively mating with a plurality of external mating elements to define a selectively adjustable, rotational angle of the handle, and
- a locking member engageable with the shaft at the rear opening to maintain the selectively adjustable, rotational angle of the handle.
A hand implement handle comprising:
- a handle having a front end region and a rear end region with a gripping member therebetween, the gripping member having a selectively adjustable, rotational angle;
- the handle having a bore therethrough with a front opening and a rear opening, the bore having a plurality of internal mating elements circumferentially positioned therearound at the front end region, the plurality of internal mating elements selectively mating with a plurality of external mating elements to define the selectively adjustable, rotational angle of the handle, and
- a locking member engageable with the shaft at the rear opening to maintain the selectively adjustable, rotational angle of the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.