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US 5,740,586 AGranted
Tool handle
AssigneeFacom
InventorHerve Gomas
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Abstract
A two-material or three-material tool handle includes, over at least part of its length, an outer sheath made of a flexible grade polyester elastomer overmolded onto a carrier sleeve made of a hart grade polyester elastomer.
Claims21
A tool handle to be applied over a portion of a tool, said tool handle comprising, over at least part of a length thereof:
- a carrier sleeve to be positioned about the tool portion, said carrier sleeve consisting of a material based on a hard grade polyester elastomer;
- and
- an outer sheath fixed to said carrier sleeve outwardly thereof, said outer sheath consisting essentially of a flexible grade polyester elastomer, fixation of said outer sheath to said carrier sleeve resulting from said outer sheath being overmolded onto said carrier sleeve.
A tool comprising a handle-receiving portion and a handle fitted over said handle-receiving portion, said handle comprising:
- a carrier sleeve positioned about said handle-receiving portion, said carrier sleeve consisting of a material based on a hard grade polyester elastomer;
- and
- an outer sheath fixed to said carrier sleeve outwardly thereof, said outer sheath consisting essentially of a flexible grade polyester elastomer, fixation of said outer sheath to said carrier sleeve resulting from said outer sheath being overmolded onto said carrier sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.