Combination stud finder-hammer tool

• US 6,978,503 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2004
• Issued: 12/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kenneth J. Del Cogliano
• Original Assignee: Kenneth J. Del Cogliano
• Inventors: Del Cogliano, Kenneth J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Meislin, Debra S
• Application Number:
  US10/846,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20050251921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• Field of Search: 714/3, 716/4, 714/6, 714/7
• US Class Current: 7/143
• CPC Class Codes: B25D 1/045 with fulcrum member for extracting long nails
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 5/00 Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 3/15 specially adapted for use during transport, e.g. by a person, vehicle or boat

Abstract

A trim-type hammer having a recess in its elongated handle housing a stud finder secured within by a lip having an impact member to mark the location on a sheetrocked wall overlying a stud beneath.

Claims

1. A multipurpose tool for driving a nail into a stud comprising:

an elongated handle adapted to receive a hammer head at one end and having a recess with an opening at an opposite end;

one of a magnetically and electrically operated stud finder within said recess;

a lip internal of said opening securing said stud finder within said recess;

an impact member outwardly extending from said lip to mark a location on a wall overlying a stud as identified by said finder in use; and

a hammer hand on said handle at said one end.

2. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, also including a cap overlying said opening in protecting said stud finder and said impact member when said tool is in storage, and movable to expose said opening when said tool is in use.

3. The multipurpose tool of claim 2 wherein said cap is attachably coupled to said elongated handle, and resiliently positionable with respect thereto.

4. The multipurpose tool of claim 3 wherein said cap is fabricated of a rubberized composition.

5. The multipurpose tool of claim 1 wherein said lip is fabricated of a metal composition.

6. The multipurpose tool of claim 1 wherein said impact member includes a metal nib.

7. The multipurpose tool of claim 1, also including a shock absorbing shield about the stud finder within said recess.

8. The multipurpose tool of claim 7 wherein said shock absorbing shield is fabricated of a rubberized composition.

9. The multipurpose tool of claim 1 wherein said handle is fabricated of one of a steel and fiberglass composition, with a rubberized sleeve surrounding a length thereof adjacent said recess.

10. The multipurpose tool of claim 1 wherein said hammer head is of metal providing an overall length of substantially 12 inches for said tool, and a weight of one of substantially 12 ounces and 16 ounces.

11. A multipurpose tool for driving a nail into a stud comprising;

an elongated handle adapted to receive a hammer head at one end and having a recess with an opening at an opposite end;

one of a magnetically and electrically operated stud finder within said recess;

a lip internal of said opening securing said stud finder within said recess; and

an impact member outwardly extending from said lip to mark a location on a wall overlying a stud as identified by said finder in use;

including a metal hammerhead on said handle providing an overall length of substantially 12 inches for said tool, and a weight of substantially 12–

16 ounces;

also including a cap overlying said opening in protecting said stud finder and said impact member when said tool is in storage, and movable to expose said opening when said tool is in use; and

additionally including a shock absorbing shield about the stud finder within said recess; and

wherein said handle is fabricated of one of a steel and fiberglass composition, with a rubberized sleeve surrounding a length thereof adjacent said recess.

12. The multipurpose tool of claim 11 wherein said cap is attachably coupled to said elongated handle, and resiliently positionable with respect thereto.

13. The multipurpose tool of claim 11 wherein said impact member includes a metal nib.