Hand tool and method of construction
AssigneeLevel 5 Tools, LLC
InventorsScott A. Murray, Travis L. Marting, Timothy A. Horn, Wen Zhang
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Abstract
A metal hand tool includes a handle attached to a blade piece and method of construction. The handle is made up of two, welded, symmetrical handle halves, each handle half having an opening for receiving a hang hole piece and a notched distal end. The distal end of the handle includes a channel configured to receive a backer plate or an insert clamp welded to a proximal end of the blade piece. The backer plate or insert clamp are welded along an edge of the channel to create a seamless one-piece tool handle tool. The hand tool further includes a hang hole piece configured for placement through the hang hole openings in the handle and for welded connection to the handle.
Claims20
A metal hand tool comprising:
- a blade piece having proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the blade piece distal end comprising a blade;
- a backer plate configured to attach to and encompass the proximal end of the blade;
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- a handle having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end and a hollow interior, the handle having a channel in the distal end, the channel being configured to receive the backer plate,
- wherein the backer plate is welded to the blade piece at the proximal end and the backer plate is received within and welded to the channel.
A metal hand tool comprising:
- a blade piece having proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the blade piece distal end comprising a blade;
- a backer plate configured to attach to and encompass the proximal end of the blade;
- an insert clamp configured to receive and attach to the backer plate;
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- a handle having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end and a hollow interior, the handle having a channel in the distal end, the channel being configured to receive the insert clamp,
- wherein the backer plate is welded to the blade piece at the proximal end, the backer plate is welded to the insert clamp, and the insert clamp is welded to the handle along an entire edge of the channel.
A metal hand tool comprising:
- a blade piece having proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the blade piece distal end comprising a blade;
- a backer plate configured to attach to and encompass the proximal end of the blade;
- an insert clamp configured to receive and attach to the backer plate;
- a handle having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end and a hollow interior, the handle having a channel in the distal end and an opening extending through the proximal end of the handle, the channel being configured to receive the insert clamp;
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- an open hang hole piece extending through the opening at the proximal end of the handle,
- wherein the backer plate is welded to the blade piece at the proximal end, the backer plate is welded to the insert clamp, the insert clamp is welded to the handle along an entire edge of the channel the open hang hole piece welded to said handle around outer edges of said hang hole piece and wherein the interior hollow interior of the handle is sealed from an exterior of the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.