Patents by Inventor Truman Stegmaier

Truman Stegmaier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Soft grip tool handle and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6821468
    Abstract: A tool handle having a central gripping portion joined with a pair of opposed fastening portions. The gripping portion has an internal shell with an overcoating. The overcoating is two-part having first and second external sections having at least one different characteristic. The first overcoating section is applied in a first mold and thereafter the resulting structure is placed in a second mold wherein molding material is flowed through a channel in the interior of said shell from an underside of the handle to an exterior surface of the shell. The first and second sections cooperate to produce a continuous overcoating having sections with different characteristics that are free from molding blemishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Kraft Tool Company
    Inventor: Truman Stegmaier
  • Soft grip tool handle and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6473939
    Abstract: A tool handle having a central gripping portion joined with a pair of opposed fastening portions. The gripping portion has an internal shell with an overcoating. The overcoating is two-part having first and second external sections having at least one different characteristic. The first overcoating section is applied in a first mold and thereafter the resulting structure is placed in a second mold wherein molding material is flowed through a channel in the interior of said shell from an underside of the handle to an exterior surface of the shell. The first and second sections cooperate to produce a continuous overcoating having sections with different characteristics that are free from molding blemishes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Kraft Tool Company
    Inventor: Truman Stegmaier
  • Soft grip tool handle and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20020108213
    Abstract: A tool handle having a central gripping portion joined with a pair of opposed fastening portions. The gripping portion has an internal shell with an overcoating. The overcoating is two-part having first and second external sections having at least one different characteristic. The first overcoating section is applied in a first mold and thereafter the resulting structure is placed in a second mold wherein molding material is flowed through a channel in the interior of said shell from an underside of the handle to an exterior surface of the shell. The first and second sections cooperate to produce a continuous overcoating having sections with different characteristics that are free from molding blemishes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: Kraft Tool Company
    Inventor: Truman Stegmaier