Patent ID: 6473939
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B25G,B29C,B29L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A molded tool handle having a centrally located underside comprising:a) a shell sized and shaped to form the overall outer body shape and configuration of a handle from bottom to top and from side to side of said handle with a comparatively thin grippable outer layer relative to said shell secured thereto; said shell being constructed of relatively stiff material having a top outer surface and a bottom surface open at said handle underside; b) said shell having a flow channel located therein and communicating through an interior of said shell between said handle underside and said top outer surface; and c) the outer layer being of relatively soft and grippable material in a region covering at least a portion of said shell top outer surface formed by flowing molding material through said channel that subsequently cures on said portion of said shell outer surface and in said channel.