Patent ID: 7458127

Claim:
A taping knife comprising: a blade having a web, a working edge, two side edges, and a handle edge opposite said working edge; and a handle connected to said blade, said handle having a non-perpendicular, non-parallel, angular orientation relative to said working edge of said blade, said handle having a first side proximal to one of said side edges and a second side proximal to another of said side edges, said first side and said second side each having an arcuate shape, said first side and said second side being non-symmetrical about a central axis passing through said handle, said second side having a greater radius of curvature than said first side, said handle including a first end and a second end separated by a middle portion, said first end extending laterally along said blade a greater distance from said first side than from said second side, said middle portion including a neck portion adjacent to said first end and a body portion adjacent to said second end, said neck portion defined by opposing concave surfaces and said body portion defined by opposing convex surfaces on said first and second sides, a central portion of said body portion having a width that is greater than a width of said neck portion and an end portion of said body portion adjacent said second end, said handle being arranged at an angle in a range of 3-10° relative to said working edge.