Patent ID: 6749365
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: E01C,E02D

Abstract:
An operator handle assembly for a percussive soil compacting device for isolating generally horizontal components of operating movement from the hands of the operator, said handle assembly comprising:a main frame attached at one end to the compacting device said frame including a pair of laterally spaced frame members having ends adjacent the operator handle; a manually engageable operator handle attached to the other end of the main frame with a shock absorbing mount oriented to absorb generally horizontal components of operating movement, said operator handle including a generally horizontal manually engageable member having lateral ends, said shock absorbing mount comprising a pair of torsionally and laterally resilient shock absorbers having solid elastomer bodies each of which is attached with a first connector to an end of said frame member and with a second connector to a lateral end of said operator handle, said first and second connectors oriented to position the shock absorbers on a common torsional axis vertically offset from and generally parallel to the horizontal member.