Patent ID: 6457384
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B25D

Abstract:
A hammer including a handle, comprising:a hammer head having a longitudinal dimension including a poll, a cap slidably fitted over said poll, fastening means for removably securing said cap to said poll and for allowing said poll to move relative to said cap in the longitudinal dimension between an impact mode position of said cap against a work object and a static mode position of said cap remote from the work object, a biasable pad positioned within said cap, between said cap and said poll, said fastening means fturther including said poll having a pin hole transverse to the longitudinal dimension and said cap having a side wall having a pair of opposed cap pin holes in general alignment with said poll pin hole, said fastening means further including a cross-pin extending through said poll pin hole and removably mounted to said cap at said pair of cap pin holes.