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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1998
Nancy C Gasperi, Racine, WI (US);
Steven R Wente, Kenosha, WI (US);
Snap-on Tools Company, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A palm driver has a rotatable drive member and an ergonomic handle body connected to the drive member through a ratchet mechanism and covered by a cushioning grip. The handle body is asymmetrically curved and is substantially continuously convex along portions engageable in use with the user's hand, having a generally flattened top surface opposite the drive member and receivable in the user's palm, and a peripheral side surface which has a plan outline which is continuously convex and has a generally flattened heel portion and an opposed, much smaller radius finger portion, respectively engageable with the heel and fingers of the user's hand in use.