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Tool handle

  • US 4,542,667 A
  • Filed: 03/12/1984
  • Issued: 09/24/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tool handle for applying a twisting or torque loads to a tool, the combination comprising:

  • an elongated rounded body having opposite ends;

    a pair of elongated grip members pivotally carried adjacent one end of said body adapted to be deployed between a storage position substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said body and an operative position outwardly and laterally extending from opposite sides of said body;

    biasing means operably carried on said body for applying a yieldable pressure or load on said grip members constituting an over-the-center toggle mechanism so as to bias said grip members in either said storage position or said operated position;

    load transference means interconnecting said grip members with said body for transferring torque load forces therebetween;

    said load transference means includes an elongated rod coaxially disposed along the central longitudinal axis of said body terminating in a cross bar having a yoke provided in the opposite ends of said cross bar;

    each of said grip members is pivotally coupled to each of said cross bar yokes respectively so that each of said grip members move between said storage and said operative positions.

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