Deadblow claw hammer

• US 6,311,582 B1
• Filed: 10/26/2000
• Issued: 11/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Howard Chow
• Original Assignee: Howard Chow
• Inventors: Chow, Howard
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, James G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shakeri, Hadi
• Application Number:
  US09/696,590
• Time in Patent Office: 376 Days
• Field of Search: 81/22, 81/20, 254/26.R, 254/26.E
• US Class Current: 81/22
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 1/12 having shock-absorbing means

Abstract

A shock absorbing claw hammer consisting of a head with a striking face and a claw portion and having a chamber extending through the head. In a first embodiment, an inset step is formed at one end of the chamber to receive a cover plate and an aperture is formed at the opposite end to receive a handle. and The handle is affixed to the head with an epoxy base. The aperture is incompletely filled with shot and a cover plate is affixed to the head. The entire head assembly is cleaned and finished to produce a smooth finish. In a second embodiment, a hole is formed at the top of the chamber, which is sealed and finished after the shot is loaded in the chamber.

Claims

1. A shock absorbing claw hammer comprising:

a hammer head having a striking face surface, a claw portion extending generally opposite said striking face portion, a chamber extending completely through said hammer head at an angle perpendicular to said face portion and said claw portion, said chamber having an inset step at a first end and an aperture at a second end,

a handle being inserted with a force fit into said aperture at said second end, said handle being coupled and affixed to said hammer head chamber aperture by an epoxy base, said epoxy base forming a floor of said rectangular chamber,

a plurality of metal shot being inserted in said head casting chamber and incompletely filling said chamber, and

a cover plate being inserted within said hammer head first end inset step and being affixed thereto by welding.

2. A shock absorbing claw hammer as claimed in claim 1 wherein said steel shot has mixed sizes and said handle is hickory wood.

3. A shock absorbing hammer comprising:

a head having a striking face portion, a claw portion, extending generally opposite said face portion, a chamber formed in said head, said chamber having an access hole in a first end and a handle aperture in a second end, said chamber extending through said head at an angle perpendicular to said face portion and said claw portion,

a handle being inserted with a force fit into said handle aperture, said handle being coupled and affixed to said handle aperture by an epoxy base, said epoxy forming a floor of said chamber,

a plurality of metal shot being inserted through said access hole in said chamber and incompletely filling said chamber, and

a cover plate being inserted within said access hole and being affixed thereto by welding

thereby sealing said access hole.