Patents Assigned to TACO Products, Incorporated
  • Tool handle attachment
    Patent number: 4516615
    Abstract: The handle of a maul is attached to the head of the tool within an eye in the head. A U-shaped retaining member straddles a connecting portion of the handle within the eye. The space within the eye between the handle and the head is filled with epoxy cement in which the retaining member is embedded. The retaining member coacts with the handle and the head to increase retaining force therebetween when pull-off force is applied to separate the handle from the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Assignee: Taco Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Arnold H. Finn
  • Cylindrical wedge
    Patent number: 4505313
    Abstract: A cylindrical wedge for holding a tool head on a wooden tool handle has a tapered exterior surface and a central bore containing a throat section that is dimensionally smaller than the openings at either end of the bore. When the wedge is embedded in a wooden handle, the tapered exterior surface spreads the handle within the eye of the tool, and the throat section grips the handle core to hold the wedge securely in the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: Taco Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Arnold H. Finn
  • Wedge
    Patent number: D269495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1983
    Assignee: TACO Products, Incorporated
    Inventor: Arnold H. Finn