Abstract: A hand-held tool such as a plier, cutter or the like, having a tool body luding pivotally connected basic handles having a preselected arcuately shaped portion, plastic extension members adapted to partially fit over the tool body basic handles and to define therewith an elongated handle subassembly having a desired streamlined shape, and plastic, flexible sheaths located over the elongated handle subassemblies to define a final handle assembly having a desired elongated, streamlined contour with a soft, elastically deformable sheath or covering whereby a lightweight hand-held tool is provided having ergonomically constructed handle assemblies.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 1992
Date of Patent:
October 19, 1993
Assignee:
The Triangle Tool Group, Inc. a subsidiary of The Triangle Corporation
Abstract: A work bench adapted for mounting a plurality of electrically operated hand tools such as saber saws, routers, and circular saws, has a normally horizontal top rotatably supported between a pair of vertical side support members. The normally upwardly facing surface of the top has a pair of upwardly facing channels for slidably receiving a miter guide therein, while the bottom surface of the top has a plurality of downwardly facing channel shaped members which cooperate with clamp means for clampingly securing tools to the bottom surface of the top. The top has a central opening through which the cutting blade or bit of a clamped tool can extend.
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