Abstract: The hammer has a head and a handle which extends from the head. The head has at least two surfaces that face towards the handle and that lie in a common first plane. At least a portion of the handle extends linearly and perpendicularly from the first plane to allow a user to draw a straight line which is perpendicular to the first plane.

Abstract: A one-piece board level shielding element with a top cover peel panel is secured to a circuit board to shield and provide access to a shielded component. The shielding element is formed with a top having a peel line to facilitate removal of the peel panel with a peel tool. Once the repair is completed, a new cover is put on to the remaining side-walls to reestablish the shielding. The shield top cover is formed with a peel tool insertion slot and an adjacent peel start slot. The peel panel is removed by a peel tool having a peel hook mounted to a cylindrical peel key that is inserted into the insertion slot and hooks the cover at the peel start slot. Upon rotating the peel key away from the peel start slot, the peel panel is easily removed. A fixture plate may be used to support the peel tool and assist in removal of the peel panel.

Abstract: A compact head body hammer that requires less clearance to operate as compared to conventional hammers. The hammer does not include a secondary tool located on the rear of the hammer, for example, a pry or a wedge. In omitting these secondary tools, the hammer provides more clearance and allows greater pull back prior to the user striking an object. Further, the hammer head can weigh substantially the same as a conventional hammer head, for example, seven ounces, so that the striking power of the hammer is not compromised by the compact nature of the hammer. The centerline of the hammer head base can be offset with respect to a centerline of the hammer handle, which also provides less mass at the rear portion of the hammer head and allows greater pull back prior to striking the object.

Abstract: A tire service hammer includes a handle portion and a head portion having a sledge portion, a wedge portion, and a body portion connecting the sledge portion and the wedge portion, wherein the wedge portion includes a bead breaking wedge and a hook extension. A method of manufacturing a tire service hammer includes providing a handle portion and providing a head portion that includes a sledge portion, a wedge portion, and a body portion connecting the sledge portion and the wedge portion, wherein the wedge portion includes a bead breaking wedge and a hook extension. A tire servicing system for repositioning a wheel having a tire mounted on a rim includes a first grasping portion for securing a portion of the rim while repositioning the wheel, and a breaking portion for breaking a tire bead formed between the tire and the rim.

Abstract: A combination axe, sledge hammer and pick (CASHP) that is particularly designed for use by firefighters. The CASHP includes a front end and a rear end. The front end has an upper section that functions as an axe blade and the lower section functions as a sledge hammer. The rear section includes a pick that can be utilized for a variety of functions. By incorporating three tools in a single structure the weight that a firefighter carries is lessened. Thus, reducing fatigue and the time that is required to cut through an obstruction to reach fire victims.

Abstract: According to disclosure, the hammer has a head made of striking grade steel. The handle comprises a 6-4 titanium hand grip and over strike plate insert in the handle and under the head. The head has an eye for accommodating a handle which in a preferred embodiment is made of a graphite titanium composite comprising from about 60 to 65% graphite by weight and from about 35 to 45% 6-4 titanium. The head of hammer has a claw end and a striking head. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the device of the disclosure comprising using one or more bladder compressed carbon fiber processes to anneal the graphite, titanium and steel components of the hammer.

Abstract: A multipurpose truck power puller device for semi-tractor and trailer applications used by truck operators to release a fifth wheel pin of a tractor/trailer assembly, adjust tandem axle trailer pins, adjust load bars, and use as a general purpose mallet, the device being comprised of a heavy massed mallet handle section, a bend-resisting shaft, a loop section and a hook, all the parts integrally manufactured and having a means to connect the components as a single durable assembly wherein the puller device can be used as a portable apparatus adapted for a one-person application, and which is further adapted for operating a fifth wheel pin; a tandem wheel adjustment system for a tractor trailer; a safety reach mechanism for load bars; and a general purpose mallet.

Abstract: A breaching tool for use by law enforcement or emergency personnel has at one end of its handle a sledge hammer and a multi-toothed rake effective to scrape and clean broken glass from a window frame of a building or an automobile. At an opposite or rear end of the handle a tapered chisel tail, preferably with a claw for pulling nails or other fasteners.

Abstract: The invention provides a demolition tool that can be used in many ways for the demolition of construction materials or other materials. The demolition tool includes a handle having a head at one end. The head has a longitudinal central plane that bisects the head, a strike contact face, and toothed, stepped grasping jaws that accommodate multiple sizes of lumber or other material. The head may also include a blunt blade edge below the strike contact face for striking and demolishing material. The demolition tool includes a bent end pry bar at a second end of the handle. The bent end pry bar being offset 90 degrees from the longitudinal central plane of the tool head enabling full range of motion without interfering with other tool functions. The demolition tool may comprise a single piece of material and may be softer than tools used to strike it, but harder than materials which it is used to strike.

Abstract: A buckle release tool includes a housing element having a convex back surface ergonomically sized to conform to a human hand and a tool element. The housing element includes a rounded perimeter surface having several shallow slots. A tool element dome is provided on the front surface. The tool element dome includes a soft plastic tip surface. A seat belt cutter and a window hammer are housed in an embodiment of buckle release tool. A separate, storage element for the buckle release tool is provided.

Abstract: A diver's rescue knife including a handle with a threaded stud at the butt end, a hammer screwed onto the stud and mounting a hard pin with a sharp point.

Abstract: A tactical entry tool for creating an entry point through a building structure is provided. The tool includes a shaft portion including a shaft, and a head portion attached to a first end of the shaft. The head portion includes two heads, with each head including a head shaft extending from the shaft to form a ‘Y’ shaped structure and a break head portion attached to the head shaft at an opposite end from which the head shaft is connected to the shaft. Each break head portion includes a plurality of teeth surrounding the perimeter of the break head portion and a plurality of breaker tips extending from the break head portion.

Abstract: A sheet metal working tool has a shaft with a first end and a second end, a striking tool attached to the first end of the shaft, and an opener attached to the second end of the shaft. The opener includes a flat plate with a first end and a second end and a C-shaped structure having a first-end and a second end, the first end of the flat plate and the first end of the C-shaped structure joined together with the second end of the plate spaced from the second end of the C-shaped structure.

Abstract: The invention provides a demolition tool that can be used in many ways for the demolition of construction materials or other materials. The demolition tool includes a handle having a head at one end. The head has a longitudinal central plane that bisects the head, a strike contact face, and toothed, stepped grasping jaws that accommodate multiple sizes of lumber or other material. The head may also include a blunt blade edge below the strike contact face for striking and demolishing material. The demolition tool includes a bent end pry bar at a second end of the handle. The bent end pry bar being offset 90 degrees from the longitudinal central plane of the tool head enabling full range of motion without interfering with other tool functions. The demolition tool may comprise a single piece of material and may be softer than tools used to strike it, but harder than materials which it is used to strike.

Abstract: According to disclosure, the hammer has a head made of striking grade steel. The handle comprises a 6-4 titanium hand grip and over strike plate insert in the handle and under the head. The head has an eye for accommodating a handle which in a preferred embodiment is made of a graphite titanium composite comprising from about 60 to 65% graphite by weight and from about 35 to 45% 6-4 titanium. The head of hammer has a claw end and a striking head. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the device of the disclosure comprising using one or more bladder compressed carbon fiber processes to anneal the graphite, titanium and steel components of the hammer.

Abstract: A sheet metal working tool has a shaft with a first end and a second end, a striking tool attached to the first end of the shaft, and an opener attached to the second end of the shaft. The opener includes a flat plate with a first end and a second end and a C-shaped structure having a first-end and a second end, the first end of the flat plate and the first end of the C-shaped structure joined together with the second end of the plate spaced from the second end of the C-shaped structure.

Abstract: The invention provides a demolition utility tool that can be used in many ways for the demolition of materials and/or for the manipulation of clamps valves, nuts, or other hardware. The tool includes a handle having a head at one end. The head has a longitudinal central plane that bisects the head, a strike contact face, and toothed, stepped grasping jaws that accommodate multiple sizes of material. The demolition tool may include a fixed wrench element and/or a spanner wrench element on the head. The demolition tool may also include a bent end pry bar at a second end of the handle that is offset 90 degrees from the longitudinal central plane of the tool head enabling full range of motion without interfering with other tool functions. The bent end pry bar may include a slot between located between its forked end for manipulating gas shut-off valves.

Abstract: A multi-purpose tool, such as for use by truckers or other similar users, includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end, a striking member located at the first end, a prying member located at the second end, and a hook member located along an exterior surface of the body between the first and second ends. The striking member may be in the form of a hammer head having oppositely facing striking surfaces, and the prying member may be in the form of a crow bar contiguous with the body. The hook member may have a curvature opposite such that it faces in a direction away from the prying member. The tool may include a handle between the first and second ends, which may be grasped by the user when using the striking member.

Abstract: A packable battering ram quickly disassembled for transport by two or more persons. In the preferred embodiment, the invention has first and second body members that are symmetrical, but otherwise identically shaped and sized. When assembled, the first and second body members form a lower surface that has a concave portion that approximates the natural curvature of the back of an adult male. The packable battering may be disassembled to distribute the weight between multiple people, yet quickly assembled for use upon arrival at a emergency response location.

Abstract: An escape implement assists a firefighter in exiting a burning building through a window by securing an elongate bar extending longitudinally and juxtaposed with a corner of the window. The bar is secured in place with sharp-ended members projecting from the bar in the same lateral directions for piercing the wall to anchor the bar to the wall so as to span the corner, with an intermediate portion of the bar placed relative to the corner for enabling the attachment of an escape line to the intermediate portion of the bar. The escape line is attached to a looped member coupled with the bar for swiveling about the longitudinal direction so as to avoid the transmission of torque from the escape line to the bar which otherwise could tend to dislodge the sharp-ended members from the wall.

Abstract: A tool includes a blade with a working end and a handle end opposite the working end, a handle secured to the handle end and having a blade end and a hammer end, a hammer secured to the hammer end and having a body made of a relatively hard, lightweight polymeric material.

Abstract: The invention provides a demolition utility tool that can be used in many ways for the demolition of materials and/or for the manipulation of clamps valves, nuts, or other hardware. The tool includes a handle having a head at one end. The head has a longitudinal central plane that bisects the head, a strike contact face, and toothed, stepped grasping jaws that accommodate multiple sizes of material. The demolition tool may include a fixed wrench element and/or a spanner wrench element on the head. The demolition tool may also include a bent end pry bar at a second end of the handle that is offset 90 degrees from the longitudinal central plane of the tool head enabling full range of motion without interfering with other tool functions. The bent end pry bar may include a slot between located between its forked end for manipulating gas shut-off valves.

Abstract: A tree step driving tool can drive both fold-type tree steps and rod-type tree steps. The tool includes an elongate member defining a drive portion on one end of the tool and a handle portion on the other end. The drive portion is configured to be receivable within the open end of a fold-type tree step channel to drive the tree step. An opening through the member receives a rod-type tree step and enables a head attached to the drive portion to engage the rod-type tree step to drive the step.

Abstract: A multi-accessory hammer is provided having an rapid release accessory change mechanism that includes a housing mounted to the butt end of a hammer and having an opening therein. A resilient means such as a spring is mounted within the housing, and an accessory locking device is mounted over the spring. One end of this locking device extends through the opening in the housing and is capable of rapidly hooking onto an accessory. The locking device also has a side arm extending along the exterior of housing and is capable of urging the locking device against the resilient means to allow unhooking of the accessory from the locking device.

Abstract: A multipurpose tool is designed to meet the particular needs of commercial truck drivers. Preferably, it has a unitary, single-piece head which includes a chopping tool, a hammering tool, and a prying-pivoting tool, and a nail and/or staple removal assembly. Preferably, there are no sharp edges that are capable of cutting a person's skin. There are multiple surfaces and edges that may be easily wedged underneath an object to pry, lift, or force the object either in a proximal direction toward the user or in a distal direction away from the user, or upwards off a floor or truck bed. It may perform a multitude of functions, such as removing objects embedded in tires, tightening tire chains, repairing pallets (with a hammer/nail remover), moving pallets, prying open frozen doors, chopping ice (for example, removing ice build-up on vehicle). The head of the tool is slightly tilted to facilitate use as a lever.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hammer having a number of accessories including a storage cavity adapted to efficiently and conveniently hold tools, supplies, and the like and/or an additional number of accessories. The hammer comprises a hammer head having a front portion adapted for striking a nail or a tack, and a handle having a longitudinal extending cavity therein. A tray tailored to fit and slide within the longitudinal extending cavity is provided and is adapted to support a plurality of accessories.

Abstract: A tool assembly for military or police uses with removable interchangeable tool heads and handles. The handles of the tool assembly have connector assemblies at each end of the handle constructed of a cast nylon material impregnated with a dry lubricant and with a dimpled pin connector in the connector assemblies. Each tool head has a bore for receipt of the connector assembly and pin connector. The connector assemblies are constructed of a non-conductive, non-sparking material and the bores on the tool heads for receipt of the connector assemblies are made with close tolerances to provide for overall rigidity and strength of the tool assembly. The handles have a soft, non-conductive, shock absorbing outer covering. The pin connectors on the connector assemblies are oriented with the outer covering of the tool handles to facilitate ease of assembly of the tools in the dark or other adverse conditions.

Abstract: A magnetic hammer for use as a hammer and as an object retrieval device is disclosed. The magnetic hammer includes a hammerhead, a handle and a magnetic material. The hammerhead has a cavity therein that is formed to accept the handle. In addition, the cavity is also capable of accepting the magnetic material. The magnetic material and the handle are fixedly coupled with the hammerhead. The magnetic material is operable to attract objects placed in the proximity of the magnetic hammer.

Abstract: A hammerhead with handle used for straightening various types of nails and other types of fasteners. The hammerhead with handle provides sufficient leverage to quickly grip and straighten a nail. The hammerhead includes a head member with a front portion and a rear portion. A pair of claws extend outwardly from the rear portion of the head member. A nose extension extends outwardly from the front portion of the head member. A nose is attached to the nose extension. The nose includes a nail striking face for hitting a head of the nail. When the claws are held upwardly and the nose facing downwardly, the hammerhead includes a vertical “Y” axis. The “Y” axis is disposed along a length, in a range of 5 to 6 inches, of the hammerhead from the end of the claws, through the head member to the nail striking face.

Abstract: A combination tool includes a series of devices suitable for use in the field of picture framing and light cabinetry work. The tool includes a generally rectangular body portion having a hand grip passage therethrough, with a hammer immovably affixed to and extending from the tool body. Opposite the hammer end of the tool body, a small gripping device extends from the tool, with the gripping device manipulated by a thumb lever pivotally affixed to that end of the tool. A beveled plate is secured to the tool body adjacent the gripping device, to enable the gripping jaws to be positioned very close to the working surface. One side of the tool includes a pair of opposed recesses therein, with one recess holding a an awl and the opposite recess holding a small pry bar. The pry bar includes a sharpened distal chisel blade end for use as a cutting blade, for removing backing from a picture frame, etc. Both the awl and the pry bar are pivotally secured within their respective recesses in the tool body.

Abstract: A hammer with accessories having a head, a handle, and a measuring tape. The head has a poll, a striking surface, and a claw to remove old nails and other embedded objects. The head also has a flattened top so that it may be used with a level embedded in the head parallel to the top of the head, the level being used and read by placing the top of the hammer head along a horizontal surface to be leveled. The handle is formed so that most of its volume is used for one or more storage compartments which are accessible via a slot in each of the compartment walls, the slot being opened or closed by moving an interior part of the compartment so that a matching slot is in or out or registration with the access slot. The measuring tape, which can be several feet in length is attached or incorporated into the bottom of the handle so that it unrolls perpendicular to the length of the handle.

Abstract: A hammer with accessories having a head, a handle, and a measuring tape. The head has a poll, a striking surface, and a claw to remove old nails and other embedded objects. The head also has a flattened top so that it may be used with a level embedded in the head parallel to the top of the head, the level being used and read by placing the top of the hammer head along a horizontal surface to be leveled. The handle is formed so that most of its volume is used for one or more storage compartments which are accessible via a slot in each of the compartment walls, the slot being opened or closed by moving an interior part of the compartment so that a matching slot is in or out or registration with the access slot. The measuring tape, which can be several feet in length is attached or incorporated into the bottom of the handle so that it unrolls perpendicular to the length of the handle.

Abstract: The invention is a combination welder's slag hammer and reamer. The slag hammer part of the combination tool may be of conventional design, that is, a handle, a shaft connected to and extending from the handle on one end of the shaft, a head connected to the other end of the shaft, the head having a sharpened blade on one end for knocking off the weld spatter. The reamer part of the combination tool may be anywhere on the hammer. Preferably, the reamer is on the head, at the opposite end from the blade. This way, the hammer handle may be simply rotated to use the blade end or the reamer end. Generally, the reamer is of cylindrical construction so that it easily fits inside the nozzle. Preferably, the reamer is tapered from smaller to larger from the end to the middle of the hammer head. This way, nozzles of different diameters may be cleaned by the same reamer. The reamer has facets or edges on its surface for scraping the weld spatter off the inside of the nozzle.

Abstract: A manhole cover extractor for loosening and lifting a cover by using rods in slots in the top of the cover or drain holes in the cover, the extractor having an elongated head with one end shaped as a sledge hammer and the other end shaped as a tapered, curved arm having a rounded bottom with a pointed pry tip. The curvature of the arm is along a tangent to the bottom center of the arm to position the pry tip under a rod or in a drain hole to engage the bottom of the cover. Serration's on the top of the arm to seat a rod in the slot or a drain hole. A hole in the center of the head receives a handle for swinging the sledge hammer to loosen the cover and to act as a lever for the pry tip when the handle is lifted and pulled.

Abstract: A combination hammer and lumber manipulating tool for providing a hammer which is capable of being utilized as a lumber manipulating tool for use in combination with an air hammer. The inventive device includes a handle, and a hammer-head having a claw, a socket and a striking head. The hammer-head further includes a jaw attached to a side of the socket distally spaced in opposition to the claw. The distal space between the claw and the jaw is formed to fittingly engage a piece of lumber for manipulating. The jaw preferably includes a plurality of teeth for gripping the piece of lumber.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combination scraper and hammer for improving a conventional hammer by adding a removable scraper to facilitate scraping of paint, ice, concrete, and the like from a surface. The combination scraper and hammer comprises a scraper body having first and second parallel edges. A scraping blade is formed along the first edge and has a sharpened scraping edge thereon. An arcuate clamping band is formed along the second end. The band engages the hammer handle such that the scraping edge is positioned generally parallel to and spaced away from the top surface of the hammer head. The clamping band has an integrally formed ear projecting outwardly from both ends thereof. A U-bolt engages the hammer handle opposite the clamping band. The U-bolt extends through a hole through each clamping band ear and is secured with a pair of nuts whereby removably securing the scraper to the hammer. An alternate embodiment of the invention comprises a hammer head with a scraper formed integral therewith.

Abstract: An improved hand tool having a plurality of semispherical projections, which can be attached to or formed integral with, the handle of a hammer and which enables a carpenter to use his hammer to quickly and easily carry sheet material and to hold the sheet material in place and to nail it without the loss of time entailed in setting his hammer down and subsequently retrieving it.

Abstract: This disclosure has been directed to those parts of hand tools utilized in gripping and manipulating the tool, most frequently and generically: the handle. The handles are fabricated of water resistant materials, provided with ergonomic enhancing curves, equipped with stress resistant inserts, and made multifunctional to increase their usefulness and productive efficiency.

Abstract: An improved, versatile, lever bar which may be used as a crowbar, prybar, sledge hammer, pickaxe, wedge, etc. The lever bar has a long handle with a thick base plate chamfered at one end and secured perpendicular to the axis of the handle at one end thereof. A thick foot plate has a sharp end from which diverge edges defining an acute angle for entering under or behind boards to be pried. A massive, flat, triangular or trapezoidal anvil plate is secured to the base plate and handle. The base plate and anvil plate can serve as hammer heads while the tool is used as sledge hammer. The base plate and foot plate can serve as splitting wedges and as heads of a pickaxe.

Abstract: A common hammer having a common hammer head. The handle, however, is different from a common one in that the bottom edge forms a square with the lower edge. Both a verticle and horizontal level have been embodied in the handle.

Abstract: The handle of a hammer has a recess at the free end and one or more spirit levels are embedded in a plastic filler in the recess. The spirit levels are associated with surface engaging points on the hammer, comprising points on the striking head portion of the hammer or on a side of the head in combination with a bottom or side point at the free end of the handle. Spirit levels, including a bullseye level, are provided to accomplish horizontal leveling in two directions and also in a vertical direction. The bottom surface of the recess is painted a contrasting color for easy viewing of the spirit levels, and interengaging tongues and recess extensions are provided for locking the plastic filler in its recess.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bow-ram useful in connection with removing and replacing canvas bows on trucks. The structure of the device comprises an elongated handle carrying a forked portion at one of its ends which forked portion carries a hammer structure thereon, the device being useful for the removal and replacement of canvas bows.

Abstract: A tent peg mallet and extracting tool is provided which includes a variety of functional portions to perform operations on wooden, metal, or plastic tent pegs or the like. The tool includes a mallet portion having a face for pounding wooden or plastic pegs without damage, a rigid plate secured to the mallet portion for pounding metal pegs, a tab extending from the end of the mallet portion for digging or prying to loosen the pegs, and a peg removal loop secured to the mallet portion to facilitate peg pulling.

Abstract: A camping tool in which an elongated metallic body carries, at one end, a curved portion having a V-shaped gap. A handle is attached to the other end of the base body. A mass metallic portion is supported by the base body in proximity where the curved portion joins the elongated body. A ring-shaped member with a projection thereon, is pivotally connected to the base body between the mass portion and the handle.

Abstract: This device consists primarily of a strap to which is secured fixedly, at each end, a metal hanger which will engage the openings in a beer case or soft drink carton, and the hook portions of the metal hangers are each provided with a recessed opening, which serves as a bottle opener.

Abstract: A sheet metal working tool for turning an edge of sheet metal perpendicular to the main portion of the sheet metal and for opening Pittsburgh locks formed in said metal.

Abstract: A kitchen utensil molded of rubber or flexible synthetic plastic which has a centrally disposed, stepped, hollow frustro-conical jar cap remover that is readily gripped in the palm of the hand, surrounded by a radially disposed, planar flange, the surface of which on the side of the hollow is roughened or otherwise formed for soft abrasive action. The stepped frusto-conical portion can receive different size jar caps and has axially disposed ribs on the cylindrical walls of the step portions for frictionally engaging the rim of a jar cap to facilitate its removal. The frustro-conical portions are capable of nesting with each other in spaced relation so that a plurality of the devices may be gripped and handled simultaneously. In this manner, the utensil may be used as a pot holder with the conical portions preventing slippage between a plurality of the devices and also providing air spaces between the devices for insulating purposes.