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Superior Featherweight Tools Company, Inc.

Leonard C Maggio

Richard A Maggio, Sr

Norman L Hill

An adjustable tilting bracket for concrete finishing tools include a base plate, with an elongated slot in the bottom thereof, the slot being arranged to straddle a reinforcing rib on the tool. A yoke is pivotally mounted on the base plate and includes a cylindrical passageway in which a handle receiving member is located. A guide slot is formed in an upper arcuate portion of the yoke and cooperates with a stop member protruding from the handle receiving member to allow the handle receiving member to traverse an angle of about 180&deg;, say from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock, within the yoke. An actuating rod is pivotally mounted between the base plate and a caming ring secured to the forward end of the handle receiving member so that the base plate and a leveling/finishing tool secured thereto will pivot about an axis parallel to the tool's receiving slot. An adjustable braking element is carried by the yoke for exerting a frictional force on the handle receiving member for controlling the force required to rotate the handle receiving member to change the angle of the leveling/finishing tool relative to a concrete slab.

Universal adjustable angle bracket for concrete leveling and finishing tools

A concrete finishing adapter is disclosed which enables a user to adjust the angle of a bull float or the like, which is adapted for connection to the adapter. The angle of the bull float is adjusted so that it does not gouge into the unset surface of concrete. The adapter includes a base plate, a yoke, a handle receiving member extending through the yoke, a braking sleeve inside the yoke through which the handle receiving member passes, and a rod which connects the handle receiving member to the base plate. Rotation of the handle receiving member in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction causes the rod to move the base plate relative to the handle so that the angle of incidence of the base plate (and attached smoothing plate) relative to the concrete surface, is adjusted so that, when the user pushes the smoothing plate away, the forward edge of the smoothing plate is tilted upward. When the user reverses direction of movement and pulls the smoothing plate towards himself, he then rotates the handle so that the rear edge of the smoothing plate is tilted upward.

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Hacienda Heights, CA, United States of America

Leonard C Maggio