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Second handle attachment for a tool

  • US 5,499,852 A
  • Filed: 03/15/1995
  • Issued: 03/19/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A second handle attachment for connection to a tool having a handle shaft, comprising:

  • (a) left and right clamshell brackets, each bracket comprising a pivot hole, a locking pin hole, an inner securing bolt hole, an outer securing bolt hole, and a notch structure;

    (b) a second handle comprising;

    (a) a straight end portion having a pivot hole and a locking pin hole, the distance from the pivot hole to the locking pin hole equal to the distance between the pivot hole and locking pin hole of the left and right clamshell brackets;

    (b) an angled middle portion; and

    (c) a handle grip portion;

    (c) a locking pin, carded by the locking pin holes of the left and right clamshell brackets and by the locking pin hole of the second handle, having a cotter pin hole;

    (d) locking means for releasably securing the locking pin comprising a cotter pin carried by the cotter pin hole of the locking pin; and

    (e) biasing means for biasing the left and right clamshell brackets togethers, whereby the handle shaft of the tool is firmly held, comprising;

    (a) an inner securing bolt carried by the inner securing bolt holes of the left and right clamshell brackets;

    (b) a spacer having an inner diameter that is incrementally greater than the outer diameter of the inner securing bolt and a length that is incrementally greater than the thickness of the second handle, carried by the inner securing bolt in a position between the left and right clamshell brackets, whereby the second handle may rotate even when the inner securing bolt is tightened; and

    (c) an outer securing bolt carried by the outer securing bolt holes of the left and right clamshell brackets.

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