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Hand tool handle having end cap with indicia

  • US 4,969,231 A
  • Filed: 05/17/1989
  • Issued: 11/13/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In combination with a forward tool portion, a rearward handle portion, the combination including a substantially-hollow handle body having a cross-sectional configuration substantially in the form of a triangle having three corners spaced substantially equidistantly of one another, wherein the handle portion has three pockets formed therein substantially opposite the tool portion, an end cap disposed on the handle portion substantially over the pockets, the end cap having three forwardly-projecting equiangularly-spaced studs formed thereon, each stud being received in a respective pocket, means for bonding the studs to the handle portion in the respective pockets, whereby the end cap is secured to the handle portion substantially opposite the tool portion, the end cap further having a forwardly facing shoulder formed thereon and further having a rearward face provided with size indicia thereon, and an elastomeric sleeve carried by the substantially-hollow handle body and axially abutting against the shoulder on the end cap.

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