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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas B Hardy, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Mark S Corriveau, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hyde Manufacturing Co., Southbridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L / ; B05C / ; E04F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1523601 ; 151431 ; 152451 ; 30169 ; D8 4 / ; D32 / ;
Abstract
An ergonomic handle for a spreading tool designed to permit and encourage the user to grasp the handle with his/her fore and middle fingers extended onto the blade. The extended fingers are fully supported by an arch in the head of the handle, which combined with its comfortable gripping portion for the palm, thumb, ring and little fingers, allows proper alignment of the wrist and increased leverage on the blade while working the tool, yet minimizes fatigue, pain and the potential for injury.