Patent ID: 7757335
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: B25G,E04F,E04G

Abstract:
1. A trowel for spreading a quantity of a mortar mixture, comprising: a handle and an elongated blade joined together by a shank; said blade constructed from a single uniformly thick sheet of metal having upper and lower surfaces terminating at a contiguous perimeter edge joining the upper and lower surfaces, such that a volume of mortar mixture disposed upon the upper surface can slide off of the upper surface and around the perimeter edge in a completely unimpeded fashion; said blade further defined by a broad area adjacent to the handle that is void of any passages having a size enabling the mortar mixture to pass directly through the blade; said blade having a geometry gradually narrowing from said broad area toward a distal end thereof; a crease formed within said blade, said crease located parallel to and substantially along a longitudinal axis of the handle, and terminating about a continuous perimeter edge; said blade having a gradually narrowing shape defined by edges extending to a distal end; said distal end having a plurality of tips; said tips being spaced apart and separated by at least one V-shaped notch provided in said distal end; whereby said trowel may be manually manipulated to control the movement of said mortar mix material about said tips and along said edges and said at least one V-shaped notch to produce air pockets in said mortar mix.