Patent ID: 6220120
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B25G

Abstract:
A right-handed pounding instrument, the pounding instrument comprising a pounding head and a handle, the handle having a front portion, a rear portion, and a head mount portion, the pounding head having a relatively planar pounding surface and being mounted onto the head mount portion of the handle, the head mount portion offset to enable the pounding head to be mounted onto the handle so that an angle .beta. is created between a first reference plane extending through the axial center of the pounding head, bisecting the pounding head, and a second reference plane extending through the axial center of the handle and bisecting the front and rear portion of the handle, the angle .beta. being greater than or equal to 6.5.degree. and less than or equal to 9.5.degree., the pounding surface aligning to the radius in the right forearm when the handle is grasped by a user's right hand with the fingers, other than the thumb, resting across the front portion of the handle.