Abstract: An improved implement including an injection molded thermoplastic handle and an implement head adapted to be placed in the mold in which the handle is to be manufactured in the injection molding process, and in which the implement head is adapted to receive and retain heated thermoplastic material injected under pressure and which the portion for retaining heated thermoplastic material is in communication with the handle, and in which the interface formed between the portion for retaining heated thermoplastic material in the adapted implement head and the thermoplastic material retained thereby forms a bond joining the adapted implement head and the injection molded handle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 1989
Date of Patent:
August 25, 1992
Assignee:
Lifetime Tool Company, Incorporated
Inventors:
William C. Meredith, Jr., Jerry R. Meredith