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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Keith M. Lombardi, Avon, CT (US);
Joshua A. Brown, New Haven, CT (US);
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC., New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
A hammer that includes a handle and a head is provided. The handle has a bottom end, an upper portion, and a longitudinal axis extending in a swing plane of the hammer. The head is disposed on the upper portion of the handle. The head has a strike face, and the strike face has a longitudinal axis extending in the swing plane of the hammer. A majority of the longitudinal length of the handle has a longitudinal projection on a first side of the handle and a longitudinal recess on a second side of the handle opposite the first side. The first side of the handle and the second side of the handle generally face opposite directions that are perpendicular to the swing plane.