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US 5,347,718 AGranted
Folding handle hatchet
OwnerPaul J. Turnerinventor
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Abstract
A split folding handle hatchet is disclosed that in a first position can be used as a hatchet and in a second position can be used as an Eskimo ulu-type of scraper. The hatchet shank is securely held by unique raised surfaces on the inside of each handle portion when the handle is gripped by the woodsman.
Claims13
A folding handle hatchet having a hatchet position and an ulu position, said hatchet comprising:
- a. a pair of rotatable handle portions further comprising an obverse handle and a reverse handle pivotally attached by a pivot member;
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- b. a hatchet body connected by the pivot member to the obverse and reverse handles at a pivot end of the hatchet body, said body further comprising a blade and an arcuate head section, said arcuate head connecting the blade to a shank portion;
- wherein the shank portion is affixed between the handles in the hatchet position by an obverse shank retainer handle portion bearing against a trailing shank edge and a reverse shank retainer handle portion bearing against a leading shank edge and, wherein rotation of the handles about the pivot member to the ulu position affixes the shank within the handles by a reverse ulu shank retainer handle portion bearing against the trailing shank edge and the obverse shank retainer handle portion bears against the leading shank edge.
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A folding handle hatchet having a hatchet position and an ulu position, said hatchet comprising:
- a. a pair of rotatable handle portions further comprising an obverse handle and a reverse handle pivotally attached by a pivot member;
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- b. a hatchet body connected by the pivot member to the obverse and reverse handles at a pivot end of the hatchet body, said body further comprising a blade and an arcuate head section, said arcuate head connecting the blade to a shank portion;
- wherein the shank portion is affixed between the handles in the hatchet position by an obverse shank retainer handle portion bearing against a trailing shank edge and a similar reverse shank retainer handle portion bearing against a leading shank edge and, wherein rotation of the handles about the pivot member to the ulu position affixes the shank within the handles by the similar reverse shank retainer handle portion bearing against the trailing shank edge and the obverse shank retainer handle portion bears against the leading shank edge.
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