Patent ID: 6854919

Claim:
A handle assembly, comprising: at least two elongated sections, one such elongated section having a male end, and another such elongated section having a female end; the female end defining an internal cavity and a recess spaced from a terminal edge of that elongated section in communication with the cavity, the male end being sized to fit within the internal cavity and having a D-shaped spring tab that deflects inwardly during initial insertion of the male end into the internal cavity, the tab and recess being sized such that when the male end is in the female end with the tab and recess aligned, the tab snaps radially outwardly into the recess to lock the two elongated sections together and the tab in the recess inhibits relative rotational movement between the tab and recess; wherein the tab has a straight trailing edge, a curved leading edge, and radially outward surfaces extending from the trailing edge to the leading edge, the radially outward surfaces having opposite straight side edges extending to an intermediate location from which the tab tapers radially inward to the curved leading edge such that the tab has a first specified side to side thickness from the trailing edge to the intermediate location.