Handle systems for hand floats

A handle assembly for a hand float having a float member defining a substantially planer lower surface and having a plurality of float holes formed in the upper surface, the handle assembly comprising:

• a handle member defining a grasping surface and a mounting portion and having first and second elongate attachment cavities formed therein;
• first and second screw members that extend through the first and second attachment cavities and into one of the float holes to fix the handle member to the float member;
• a bubble member supported by the mounting portion of the handle member such that the bubble member indicates whether lower surface of the float member is horizontal;
• and
• a clear level cover having an outer surface, where the level cover engages the mounting portion of the handle member to cover the bubble member, and
• the bubble member to hold the bubble member against the mounting portion of the handle member;
• whereby
• the user of the hand float grasps the handle member to work the concrete slab before the slab is cured;
• the user of the hand float views the leveling device through the level cover while working the concrete slab to ensure that the portion of the slab being worked is substantially flat and substantially at the desired level;
• and
• the outer surface of the level cover is sized and dimensioned to form a smooth and continuous transition between the handle surface and the outer surface of the level cover.

A handle assembly for a hand float having a float member defining a substantially planer lower surface and having a plurality of float holes formed in the upper surface, the handle assembly comprising:

• a handle member defining a grasping surface and a mounting portion and having first and second attachment cavities formed therein;
• first and second screw members that extend through the first and second attachment cavities and into one of the float holes to fix the handle member to the float member;
• a bubble member supported by the mounting portion of the handle member such that the bubble member indicates whether lower surface of the float member is horizontal, where the level cover engages the bubble member to hold the bubble member against the mounting portion of the handle member;
• and
• a clear level cover having an outer surface, where the level cover engages the handle member to cover the bubble member;
• whereby
• the user of the hand float grasps the handle member to work the concrete slab before the slab is cured;
• the user of the hand float views the leveling device through the level cover while working the concrete slab to ensure that the portion of the slab being worked is substantially flat and substantially at the desired level;
• and
• the outer surface of the level cover is sized and dimensioned to form a smooth and continuous transition between the handle surface and the outer surface of the level cover.

A handle assembly for a hand float having a float member defining a substantially planer lower surface and having a plurality of float holes formed in the upper surface, the handle assembly comprising:

• a handle member defining a grasping surface and a mounting portion and having first and second attachment cavities formed therein, where a level groove is formed in the mounting portion;
• first and second screw members that extend through the first and second attachment cavities and into one of the float holes to fix the handle member to the float member;
• a bubble member supported by the mounting portion of the handle member such that the bubble member indicates whether lower surface of the float member is horizontal, where the level groove is sized and dimensioned to snugly receive the bubble member;
• and
• a clear level cover having an outer surface, where the level cover engages the handle member to cover the bubble member;
• whereby
• the user of the hand float grasps the handle member to work the concrete slab before the slab is cured;
• the user of the hand float views the leveling device through the level cover while working the concrete slab to ensure that the portion of the slab being worked is substantially flat and substantially at the desired level;
• and
• the outer surface of the level cover is sized and dimensioned to form a smooth and continuous transition between the handle surface and the outer surface of the level cover.

A handle assembly for a hand float having a float member defining a substantially planer lower surface and having a plurality of float holes formed in the upper surface, the handle assembly comprising:

• a handle member defining a grasping surface and a mounting portion and having first and second attachment cavities formed therein;
• first and second screw members that extend through the first and second attachment cavities and into one of the float holes to fix the handle member to the float member;
• a bubble member supported by the mounting portion of the handle member such that the bubble member indicates whether lower surface of the float member is horizontal;
• a clear level cover having an outer surface, where the level cover engages the handle member to cover the bubble member;
• and
• screw covers that engage the attachment cavities to cover the screw members;
• whereby
• the user of the hand float grasps the handle member to work the concrete slab before the slab is cured;
• the user of the hand float views the leveling device through the level cover while working the concrete slab to ensure that the portion of the slab being worked is substantially flat and substantially at the desired level;
• and
• the outer surface of the level cover is sized and dimensioned to form a smooth and continuous transition between the handle surface and the outer surface of the level cover.