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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Middle River, MD (US);
Keith Lombardi, Avon, CT (US);
Aliaksei Chernyshou, Farmington, CT (US);
Thomas Pelletier, Wallingford, CT (US);
George Soria, Waterbury, CT (US);
Antony Orsini, Southington, CT (US);
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Middle River, MD (US);
Abstract
A hand tool comprising a head portion, a shaft, and a grip component is provided. The grip component and the shaft form a handle of the hand tool. The grip component is a reverse-molded component formed by: forming the external portion of the grip component by molding a first thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material or thermoplastic urethane (TPU) material into a shell that surrounds a first cavity; after forming the external portion; placing the shaft into the first cavity; and, after the external portion is formed and the shaft is placed into the first cavity, forming the inner portion of the grip component by injecting a second TPE material or TPU material into the first cavity and onto the shaft. The first TPE or TPU material has a first level of hardness, and the second TPE or TPU material has a second level of hardness lower than the first level.