Patent ID: 7810216

Claim:
A handle connection for a manual tool, comprising: a) a handle for a manual tool head, said handle having a non-metallic head with outer side walls that are conical or biconical in shape, an end surface and a blind hole that extends axially into the head of the handle from the end surface; b) the manual tool head having a through hole with inner side walls that are conical or biconical in shape and a free space on top of the end surface of the head of the handle when the head of the handle is inset in the through hole of the manual tool head and the manual tool head is assembled on the handle the conical or biconical outer side walls of the handle match corresponding conical or biconical inner side walls of the through hole of the manual tool head so that the head of the handle fits flush with the through hole of the manual tool head; c) a mating, metallic and non-deformable element positioned in the blind hole of the handle and fastened to the head of the handle, wherein the mating element is completely contained within the head of the handle and isolated from the manual tool head the mating element having a blind hole coaxial therein; and d) a fastening screw having a body which is screwed into the blind hole of the mating element to connect the screw to the mating element and the screw has a head that abuts against the manual tool head, thereby establishing a male-female relationship between the mating element and the fastening screw such that the mating element can move longitudinally, thus pulling the head of the handle further into the through hole of the manual tool head reducing the free space on top of the end surface of the handle.