Handle for a utility tool
AssigneeSummit Tool Company
InventorJohn D. Kusner
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Abstract
A handle for a tire bead breaking tool is disclosed, comprising an elongate shaft having a gripping portion, a shield portion, and a working portion at a forward end. The working portion is configured having an oblong cross-section comprising protruding opposite end surfaces and substantially less protruding opposite lateral surfaces disposed between the end surfaces. The lateral surfaces of the working portion extend along at least a portion of the gripping portion. The working portion of the handle is press fit into a circular bore of a tool head and contacts sidewalls defining the bore along the handle protruding end surfaces.
Claims21
A handle including a tool head affixed to a working portion thereof, comprising:
- a tool head having a bore defined by spaced apart bore sidewalls and spaced apart bore end walls;
- an elongate shaft having a gripping portion and the working portion connected thereto;
- the working portion is configured having an oblong cross-section comprising protruding opposite end surfaces separated a distance greater than the distance separating the tool head spaced apart end walls;
- and substantially less protruding opposite lateral surfaces disposed between the end surfaces and separated by a distance less than the distance separating the tool head member spaced apart bore sidewalls.
A handle including a tool head affixed to a working portion thereof, comprising:
- a tool head including a bore extending therein defined by spaced apart bore sidewalls and spaced apart bore end walls;
- an elongate shaft having a gripping portion and the working portion connected thereto and the working portion being substantially of inverted frustro-conical configuration and resident within the tool head bore and having an oblong cross-section, the handle working portion includes protruding opposite end surfaces spaced apart a distance sufficient to engage with interference respective bore end walls and substantially less protruding opposite lateral surfaces disposed between the end surfaces and spaced from a respective bore sidewall by a gap.
A tire bead breaking tool, comprising:
- a handle comprising an elongate shaft having a gripping portion and a working portion;
- the working portion having an oblong cross-section comprising protruding opposite spaced apart end surfaces and substantially less protruding opposite spaced apart lateral surfaces disposed between the end surfaces;
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- a tool head member, the head member having a bore extending therein receiving the handle working portion, the bore being defined by bore sidewalls each spaced inward from a respective working portion lateral surface by a gap, and the bore being further defined by bore endwalls, each engaging with interference a respective working portion end surface.
A tire bead breaking tool, comprising:
- a handle comprising an elongate shaft having a gripping portion and a substantially inverted frustro-conical working portion;
- the working portion having protruding opposite end surfaces extending in a longitudinal direction and relatively less protruding opposite lateral surfaces disposed between the end surfaces and extending in a transverse direction;
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- a tool head member, the tool head member having a substantially oval cross-sectional bore receiving the handle working portion therein and defined by bore sidewalls dimensioned in a longitudinal direction to engage the handle shaft working portion end surfaces and dimensioned in a transverse direction to maintain clearance between the working portion lateral surfaces and the bore sidewalls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.