Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hand forks and shovels – Convertible and combined
Patent
1982-05-21
1984-04-10
Marbert, James B.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Hand forks and shovels
Convertible and combined
F41C 2704
Patent
active
044417470
ABSTRACT:
A separable tool including a handle portion, a working portion and a connector portion; the handle portion including an elongated member, the elongated member including a gripping section adjacent one end of the elongated member and a male section adjacent the opposite end of the elongated member, the male section including a plurality of recesses along the length thereof; the working portion including a tool member; the connector portion including a socket section extending from one end of the tool member, the socket section having a diameter slightly larger than the male section of the handle portion and including longitudinal slots along the length thereof, strip sections disposed within the socket section adjacent each of the longitudinal slots and generally aligned therewith, the strip sections extending beyond the ends of the longitudinal slots, one end of each strip section being affixed to the socket section adjacent to the open end of the socket section, a button member slidably contacting each strip section, the button member including a base section adjacent the strip section and a finger-contacting section extending outwardly through the adjacent longitudinal slot, a spring located adjacent the end of the strip section remote from the open end of the socket section, the spring urging the strip section toward the longitudinal slot, protrusions affixed to each strip section along the length thereof extending from the section on the side remote from the socket section, the protrusions being spaced longitudinally along the length of the strip section with the same spacing as the spacing between the male section recesses.
REFERENCES:
patent: 208749 (1878-10-01), McConn
Marbert James B.
Urban Arthur L.
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