Patent ID: 6494119
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: B25D,B25G,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A striking tool having a plane of substantial symmetry, comprising:a head with an eye of a first length for engaging a portion of a handle; a handle with a slot of a first width in the plane of substantial symmetry extending along a length of the handle greater than the first length; and a metal strongback unit in the slot, the strongback unit having a web with a thickness substantially the width of the slot and side elements having a second thickness greater than the web thickness, such that the side elements lie along opposite sides of the handle with the strongback unit engaged in the handle slot; characterized in that the strongback unit is spread in the eye, urging metal of the strongback unit against inside metal surfaces of the head in the eye, to secure the head on the handle, and further characterized in that the side elements, with the handle and strongback unit engaged, provide an overstrike surface along a portion of the handle length below the head.