Soft grip handle
AssigneeThe Wooster Brush Company
InventorsWilliam P. Camp, Jr., John S. Husted, Dennis D. Humphrey
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Abstract
A handle for a paint roller frame includes an inner core made of a substantially rigid plastic material and an outer grip made of a softer rubber-like material surrounding the inner core and extending part way around both ends thereof. At the outer end of the inner core is an internally threaded opening surrounded by a planar end wall. The outer grip includes an outer end portion overlying the planar end wall which acts like a locking washer, resisting unscrewing of an extension pole from the threaded opening when the extension pole is screwed down tight and a flange at a base of the extension pole threads comes into contact with the outer end portion of the outer grip overlying the planar end wall.
Claims20
A handle for a paint roller frame or other hand tool comprising an inner core made of a substantially rigid plastic material, said core having an internally threaded opening at an outer end for threaded engagement by an extension pole, said internally threaded opening being surrounded by a planar end wall, and an outer grip made of a softer rubber-like material covering said inner core and including an outer end portion overlying said planar end wall to act as a locking washer, resisting unscrewing of the extension pole from said threaded opening when the extension pole is screwed down tight and a flange at a base of extension pole threads comes into contact with said outer end portion of said outer grip overlying said planar end wall.
In combination, a hand tool having a handle connected to said hand tool at one end of said handle, an internally threaded opening at another end of said handle surrounded by a planar end wall, and an extension pole having a threaded tip for threaded engagement in said threaded opening, said handle comprising an inner core made of a substantially rigid plastic material, and an outer grip made of a softer rubber-like material surrounding said inner core and including an outer end portion overlying said planar end wall to act as a locking washer, resisting unscrewing of said extension pole from said threaded opening when said extension pole is screwed down tight and a flange at a base of the extension pole threads comes into contact with said outer end portion of said outer grip overlying said planar end wall.
A handle for a paint roller or other hand tool comprising an inner core made of a substantially rigid plastic material having an inner end adapted to be mounted on a hand tool and an outer end adapted to be attached to an extension pole, and an outer grip made of a softer rubber-like material surrounding said inner core and extending partway around both ends of said inner core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.