Apparatus with hand grip and method for mounting hand grip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11554477-B2
Application number	US-202016822149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2020
Priority date	Dec 28, 2015
Publication date	Jan 17, 2023
Grant date	Jan 17, 2023

Abstract

An apparatus having a handle with a mounted hand grip is described. A first end wall surface of the hand grip is tapered from a base surface to a top surface of the hand grip. A second end wall surface of the hand grip is tapered from the base surface to the top surface of the hand grip. A first end wall of the recess engages the first end wall surface of the hand grip and prevents movement of the first end wall surface away from the base surface of the recess. A second end wall of the recess engages the second end wall surface of the hand grip and prevents movement of the first end wall surface away from the base surface of the recess.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of mounting a hand grip to a handle of an apparatus, the method comprising:
placing a hand grip in a recess of the handle, wherein the hand grip comprises a hand grip base, a hand grip top opposite the hand grip base, a hand grip first end wall, and a hand grip second end wall, and wherein the hand grip first end wall and the hand grip second end wall taper inwardly from the hand grip base to the hand grip top such that the hand grip base is wider than the hand grip top; and
after placing the hand grip in the recess, deforming a first metal handle portion such that the first metal handle portion reduces an opening of the recess, directly engages the hand grip first end wall, and impedes removal of the hand grip from the recess;
further comprising deforming a second metal handle portion such that the second metal handle portion further reduces the opening of the recess, directly engages the hand grip second end wall, and further impedes removal of the hand grip from the recess.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inserting a rib extending from a surface of the recess into a channel in the hand grip base.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inserting a rib extending from the hand grip base into a channel in a surface of the recess.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inserting first projections extending from a surface of the recess into first depressions in the hand grip base.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising inserting second projections extending from the hand grip base into second depressions in the surface of the recess.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inserting projections extending from the hand grip base into depressions in a surface of the recess.

7. An apparatus, comprising:
a tool;
a handle coupled to the tool, the handle comprising:
one or more lateral surfaces that extend between a first end of the handle and a second end of the handle; and
a first recess in a first lateral surface of the one or more lateral surfaces, wherein a first recess base of the first recess is wider than a first recess opening into the first recess; and

a first hand grip mounted in the first recess, the first hand grip comprising a first hand grip base and a first hand grip top opposite the first hand grip base;
wherein the first hand grip base is wider than the first recess opening;
wherein the first hand grip top is narrower than the first recess opening;
wherein the first hand grip top defines a first portion of a handle outer surface of the handle that a user grasps to operate the tool;
wherein first metal end walls of the first recess taper inwardly from the first recess base to the first recess opening; and
wherein the first metal end walls directly contact the first hand grip and impede removal of the first hand grip from the first recess.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:
the first hand grip further comprises a channel in the first hand grip base; and
the first recess further comprises a rib extending from the first recess base and into the channel of the first hand grip base.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:
the first recess further comprises a channel in the first recess base; and
the first hand grip further comprises a rib extending from the first hand grip base and into the channel in the first recess base.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:
the first hand grip further comprises first depressions in the first hand grip base; and
the first recess further comprises first projections extending from the first recess base and into the first depressions of the first hand grip base.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:
the first recess further comprises second depressions in the first recess base; and
the first hand grip further comprises second projections extending from the first hand grip base and into the second depressions in the first recess base.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:
the first recess further comprises depressions in the first recess base; and
the first hand grip further comprises projections extending from the first hand grip base and into the depressions in the first recess base.

13. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the handle includes:
a second recess in a second lateral surface of the one or more lateral surfaces that is opposite the first lateral surface; and
a second hand grip mounted in the second recess.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:
second metal end walls of the second recess taper inwardly from a second recess base to a second recess opening; and
the second metal end walls directly contact the second hand grip and impede removal of the second hand grip from the second recess.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein:
a second hand grip base of the second hand grip engages a second recess base of the second recess; and
a second hand grip top of the second hand grip defines a second portion of the handle outer surface that is opposite the first portion of the handle outer surface.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein:
the first recess base is parallel to the second recess base;
the handle includes a tang that traverses the first recess and the second recess and
the tang is sandwiched between the first hand grip and the second hand grip.

Assignees

• Transf Sr Brands Llc

Inventors

• Carl Ross

Classifications

• B25G1/102 Primary

  the shape being specially adapted to facilitate handling or improve grip · CPC title