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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Amar Arvind Patel, South Barrington, IL (US);
Aaron Charles Rosso, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew Earle Myers, Naperville, IL (US);
Scott Fong, Causeway Bay, HK;
Amar Arvind Patel, South Barrington, IL (US);
Aaron Charles Rosso, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew Earle Myers, Naperville, IL (US);
Scott Fong, Causeway Bay, HK;
United States Gypsum Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A tool handle for use with a removable blade having a latch opening, the tool handle having a housing defining a blade chamber in the housing, a latch disposed in the housing, configured for moving between a latched position and a released position. In the latched position, the latch is configured to extend through the latch opening. Also included is an actuator at least partially enclosed within the housing, configured for moving between a rest position and a depressed position, wherein movement of the actuator to the depressed position causes the latch to move to the released position.