Patent ID: 8277144
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: E01C,E04F

Abstract:
1. A freely articulating adapter for a concrete hand float for finishing slab or flat work comprising in operative combination: a) a generally planar base plate having an upper and a lower face, and holes therethrough for securing said base plate to a float; b) a yoke secured to said upper face of said base plate, said yoke including an ear for receiving a handle sleeve; c) a handle sleeve having at least one bracket for pivotally securing said sleeve to said yoke ear, said sleeve receivingly engaging a long handle, so that said handle bracket freely articulates in a vertical plane on said yoke ear pivot to permit continuous change of angle during in-use movement; and d) said yoke being mounted on said base plate and said holes in said base plate being disposed to balance a float attached thereto so that said adapter enables a finisher to smooth gouges and depressions in concrete work from outside edge formwork without the use of knee boards.