Uniontools, Inc.

Ames True Temper, Inc.

Charles B Wilson

Brian J Conaway

Thomas W Parker

Steven Lyn Goubeaux

Michael Douglas Rowe

Richard Henderson Harris

A long-handled shovel includes a head having a blade and a socket and an elongate handle member partially extending into the socket of the head. The handle member is a tube. A rod partially extends into the handle member and partially extends into the socket to provide resilient flexing between the head and the handle member when prying forces are applied thereto. A collar encircles the socket to limit outward expansion of the socket. A continuous outer layer of plastic material is molded over the entire length of the handle member and at least partially molded over the socket and the collar. The outer layer provides added strength by extending over the joint between the handle member and the socket.

Long-handled tool with plastic molded-over handle

Handle shaft for a tool

Shingle lifting tool

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Dublin, OH, United States of America

Charles B Wilson