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US 6,604,256 B1Granted
Grout float assembly
OwnerWalter W. Pytlewskiinventor
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Abstract
A grout float, including a blade and a pair of core sections defining a handle. Interlocking male tapered bosses and female tapered receptacles join the core sections. Tapered tongues on the core sections pass through openings in upstanding flanges on the blade. The tapered tongues produce a wedging action with the flange openings whereby the locking union of the core sections also secures the handle rigidly to the blade. For comfort, the assembled handle and blade are encapsulated in an overmolded elastomeric liquid-tight sheath.
Claims19
A grout float assembly, comprising:
- a blade, said blade having a top surface, the top surface having a flange upstanding thereupon, the flange having an opening therein;
- a handle core comprising two sections, the sections having a mating boss and receptacle, respectively, and each section having a tongue, the tongues engaging the opening in the flange and thereby securing the handle core to said blade when the boss and receptacle are in mated relationship;
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- detent means for retaining the boss in the receptacle.
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A grout float, comprising:
- a blade, said blade having a top surface, the top surface having a flange upstanding thereupon, the flange having an opening therein;
- a handle core comprising two sections, the sections having an interlocking male boss and corresponding female receptacle, respectively, the male boss and female receptacle engaging one another in secure, rigid interlocking relationship when the sections are brought together forcefully;
- a tapered tongue on each of the handle core sections, said tongues engaging the opening in the flange and thereby urging said handle core into rigid abutment with, and securing said handle core rigidly to, said blade when the boss and receptacle are in interlocking relationship.
A method for assembling a grout float, comprising:
- providing a blade, said blade having a top surface, the top surface having a flange upstanding thereupon, the flange having an opening therein;
- providing a handle core comprising two sections, the sections having an interlocking male boss and corresponding female receptacle, respectively, the boss having an outer surface bearing a raised portion thereon and the receptacle having an internal surface containing a recess therein, the raised portion rigidly securely engaging the recess when the two handle core sections are brought together forcefullly;
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- providing a tapered tongue on each of the core sections, the tongues overlapping one another and engaging the opening in the flange and thereby urging said handle core into rigid abutment with, and rigidly securing said handle core to, the top surface of said blade when the raised portion on the boss surface and the recess in the internal surface of the receptacle are in engagement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.