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US 7,143,667 B2Granted
Striking or pulling tool with a split head
AssigneeAtom design Inc.
InventorsYani Deros, Thomas H. Turner
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Abstract
A striking and pulling tool, such as a hammer, having separate head elements secured to opposing sides of a handle. The tool may be part of a system with interchangeable components.
Claims26
A tool for striking objects into a workpiece or pulling objects from a workpiece, the tool comprising:
- a handle having a distal end and a proximal end with at least one hole passing through said proximal end, the hole sized and positioned to accommodate a fastening means;
- a split head comprising two head elements on opposing sides of said proximal end of said handle, each head element having at least one aperture therein, with each aperture aligned with a hole passing through said handle;
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- fastening means passing between the apertures in said head elements and through the hole in said handle and securing said head elements to each other and to said proximal end of said handle.
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A striking and pulling tool system, comprising:
- at least one handle, each handle having a distal end and a proximal end having at least one hole therethrough for accommodating fastening means extending through said handle;
- a plurality of head elements, each head element sized and shaped to fit against said proximal end of said handle opposing another of said head elements and comprising an overstrike plate shaped to fit against said handle and having at least one aperture therein, with each aperture positioned for alignment with a hole passing through said handle;
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- fastening means for insertion through the at least one hole in said handle and into the apertures in two of said head elements to secure said head elements to each other on opposing sides of said handle.
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A striking and pulling tool kit, comprising:
- at least one handle, each handle having a distal end and a proximal end having at least one hole therethrough for accommodating fastening means extending through said handle;
- a plurality of head elements, each head element sized and shaped to fit against said proximal end of said handle opposing another of said head elements and comprising an overstrike plate shaped to fit against said handle and having at least one aperture therein, with each aperture positioned for alignment with a hole passing through said handle;
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- fastening means for insertion through the at least one hole in said handle and into the apertures in two of said head elements to secure said head elements to each other on opposing sides of said handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.