Utility tool for carpenter

• US 3,119,424 A
• Filed: 01/17/1961
• Issued: 01/28/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John C. Henry
• Original Assignee: John C. Henry
• Inventors: Henry, John C.
• Application Number:
  US04/083,266
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• US Class Current: 81/20
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 1/00 Hand hammers handles therefor B25G1/00; attachment of handles to the hammer head B25G3/00; Hammer heads of special shape or materials
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/00 Combination or multi-purpose hand tools associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means B25F3/00; combined stapling and punching tools B25C5/0214
• CPC Class Codes: B27G 17/00 Manually-operated tools

Claims

1. IN COMBINATION, A HAMMER HANDLE HAVING A HEAD END AND A TAIL END, SAID HANDLE INCLUDING A MAIN ELONGATED BODY SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED IN TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION AND INCLUDING AN ELONGATED COVER BRIDGING THE ENDS OF THE LEGS OF THE U-SHAPED MAIN BODY, SAID BODY HAVING COMPLEMENTARY HOOK PORTIONS ADJACENT THE HEAD END FOR INTERLOCKING THE COVER WITH THE MAIN BODY AT THE HEAD END OF THE HANDLE, SAID COVER HAVING A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING PORTION AT THE TAIL END OF THE HANDLE EXTENDING OVER THE TAIL END OF THE MAIN BODY, SAID TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING PORTION OF THE HANDLE COVER HAVING A SHOULDER;

AND A TOOL WITHIN THE SAID TAIL END OF THE MAIN BODY AND COOPERATING WITH THE SHOULDER FOR RETAINING SAID TAIL END OF THE HANDLE COVER IN POSITION.