Hammer
OwnerPaul W. Hebert, Ted Floyd +2inventors
InventorsPaul W. Hebert, Ted Floyd, Larry C. Rogers, Dorothy L. Howe
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Abstract
A hammer having a plastic molded handle. The rear end of the handle has a longitudinally extending bore hole that is filled with a gelatinous material that dissipates shock vibrations. An end cap is secured to the rear end of the handle by sonic welding. The front end of the handle has both a vertical and a horizontal longitudinally extending slot and these slots intersect each other at a substantially 90 degree angle. A plastic wedge unit formed from intersecting wedge sections is driven into the slots in the top end of the handle to secure the hammer head and the wedge unit is sonic welded to the handle.
Claims11
A hammer comprising:
- an elongated handle having a longitudinally extending axis and a predetermined length L1;
- said handle having in sequence a front end, a head attachment portion, a neck portion, a main body portion, and a rear end;
- said main body portion having a bore hole extending longitudinally inwardly from its rear end;
- said bore hole having a length L2 and L2 is in the range of 0.25-0.80 L1;
- said bore hole being filled with a gelatinous material having shock dissipation properties;
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- an end cap secured to the rear end of said handle for sealing said bore hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.