Patent ID: 7574776

Claim:
A hand tool comprising: a thermoplastic plastic handle having a distal end, a proximate end and a grip portion disposed between the proximate end and the distal end, said grip portion comprising first surfaces and second surfaces, said handle further comprising a longitudinally extending through bore having a centerline, said through bore extends from the proximate end to the distal end, and said through bore is free of thermoplastic material; said through bore comprises a rectilinear cross-section, and said tool comprises a pry bar, said through bore rectilinear cross-section having a first cross dimension; a metal impact cap disposed within said bore at the handle proximate end, said metal impact cap comprising a proximate end and a distal end; and a blade having a proximate end and a distal end, said blade proximate end being fixedly disposed in said through bore at the handle distal end; said blade distal end being formed with an acutely angled blade edge, said blade edge being spatially disposed from said centerline so as to provide an off centerline working edge; said blade having a rectilinear cross-section, said through bore extends through the grip portion of the handle to fixedly receive the blade, said through bore proximate end portion comprising a portion having a second cross dimension, and the metal end cap is fixedly disposed in the through bore second portion; said second cross dimension being less than said first cross dimension, and wherein said blade proximate end is in facing disposition and immediately juxtaposed to said metal impact cap distal end; said grip portion first surfaces being planar and said grip portion second surfaces being curvilinear, and further comprising elastomeric material fixedly disposed only on the curvilinear surfaces and said planar surfaces being free of said elastomeric material; whereby the grip portion elastomeric material curvilinear second surfaces in combination with the thermoplastic material planar first surfaces provide ergonomic grip and permit effective leverage force to be exerted on the pry bar blade edge.