System and method for identifying hand tools
AssigneeWarner Manufacturing Company
InventorDavid R. Henke
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Abstract
The present invention provides a color coded identification system for identifying a hand tool. The system includes a chart defining operating characteristic of the hand tool by use of a first group of colors and handle size by used of a second group of colors. The hand tool has a handle and an operative member. The handle includes a first portion with a color chosen from the first group of colors. Further, the handle includes a second portion with a color chosen from the second group of colors. The operative member connects to the handle with the operating characteristic corresponding to the color of the first portion of the handle. A label is further disposed onto the operating member having an icon illustrating a portion of the hand tool in the same color as the color of the first portion of the handle.
Claims15
A tool comprising:
- a handle having a first end, a second end, and an exterior surface;
- a substantially flat blade attached to the handle and extending from the first end, the blade having first and second opposite major blade surfaces and a perimeter edge, and the blade having a predetermined flexibility;
- at least a first portion of the exterior surface of the handle adjacent the first end having a predetermined color that has a relationship to the predetermined flexibility of the blade.
A color coded set of tools, comprising:
- at least first and second tool groups, each tool in the first and second tool groups comprises:
- i) a handle having a first end, a second end, and an exterior surface;
- ii) a substantially flat blade attached to the handle and extending from the first end, the blade having first and second opposite major blade surfaces and a perimeter edge, and the blade having a predetermined flexibility;
- iii) at least a first portion of the exterior surface of the handle adjacent the first end having a predetermined color that has a relationship to the predetermined flexibility of the blade;
- the predetermined flexibility of the blades of the tools in the first tool group are substantially equal to each other, the predetermined flexibility of the blades of the tools in the second tool group are substantially equal to each other, the predetermined color of the first portion is the same for each tool in the first tool group, and the predetermined color of the first portion is the same for each tool in the second tool group;
- the predetermined flexibility of the blades of the tools in the first tool group is less than the predetermined flexibility of the blades of the tools in the second tool group, and the predetermined color in the first tool group is different from the predetermined color in the second tool group.
A tool comprising:
- a handle having a first end, a second end, and an exterior surface;
- a substantially flat blade attached to the handle and extending from the first end, the blade having first and second opposite major blade surfaces and a perimeter edge, and the blade having a predetermined flexibility;
- wherein the exterior surface includes a first end surface at the first end of the handle, a second end surface at the second end of the handle, first and second opposite major surfaces that face in generally the same direction as the first and second major blade surfaces, respectively, and that extend between the first and second end surfaces, and first and second opposite side surfaces extending between the first and second opposite major handle surfaces and between the first and second end surfaces;
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- the first end surface of the exterior surface of the handle having a predetermined color that has a relationship to the predetermined flexibility of the blade, wherein the predetermined color is selected from a group of colors -consisting of red and blue, where red indicates a blade flexibility that is less than the blade flexibility indicated by blue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.