Device for connecting an elongated handle to a bull float plate
OwnerJack D. Jarvisinventor
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Abstract
A device for connecting an elongated handle to a bull float plate having a hollow body formed from four opposed walls, a bracket pivotally connected to the body for attaching the body to the top side of a bull float, a rotatable connector to removably attach an elongated handle on the body opposite the bracket, and a bevel gear assembly within the body cooperatively connecting the connector and bracket and disposed to translate the rotational movement of the handle connector into pivotable movement of the bracket thereby effecting the slight pivotal movement of the bull float and its plate.
Claims6
In an adjustable concrete finishing tool for use in finishing concrete or the like having a plate portion with a handle removably attached thereto, the plate portion having a bottom side for finishing concrete and an upper side for the attachment of the handle thereto, means for attaching the handle to the plate comprising:
- a housing having a top wall and opposed side walls and a complementary, removable Shroud having a bottom wall, two opposed side walls, all of said walls when the housing is assembled defining an interior chamber;
- a handle connector means for removably securing one end of said handle to said housing and capable of rotation with respect to said top wall and said housing;
- a bracket means pivotally attached to said side walls of said housing and disposed to removably attach the plate portion to said housing opposite said handle connector means;
- and,
- a gear means within said interior chamber connecting said handle connector means to said bracket means, said gear means capable of translating rotational movement of said handle attachment means into pivotal movement of said bracket means and thereby to said plate portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.