Brush Hook And Axe Patents (Class 7/159)
  • Patent number: 7100230
    Abstract: A golf accessory tool with an elongate rigid handle, one end of the handle terminating in a double sided brush and a cleat cleaning pick, the other end of the handle terminating in a standard bottle and can opener. One side of the double sided brush has nylon or similar plastic bristles for cleaning the tops of golf shoes, golf balls and the like. The opposing brush has metal bristles that can dean golf shoe cleats and golf clubs. A preferred embodiment includes a centrally located cigar clipping device and a spring reel and tether assembly. The tether and spring reel is attached to a clip that can removably fasten to a golf bag or golf cart or belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventor: Stephen Hillenbrand
  • Patent number: 7036952
    Abstract: A single body multi-tool device having a plurality of compartments in a housing thereof. Mounted in these compartments are various hand tools such as a hatchet, a digging tool, a flashlight, a knife and a saw, each being separately usable without interfering with the operation and/or use of another of the tools. This multi-tool device is generally concerned with the field of hand tools, and is specifically concerned with hand tools used in the outdoors, such as while camping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventors: Jason E. Zirk, Darren Kady
  • Patent number: 6901620
    Abstract: A branch hook attachment for tools such as loping shears or hedge trimmers to provide the user extended reach to grasp foliage so the foliage can be pulled within the user's reach. The hook is U-shaped and defines a bight area into which the branch or limb can be guided and grasped for cutting. The hook can be provided as an after-market item which can be secured to the handle of existing tools by a clamp or may be incorporated at the end of one of the handles. The hook may also be removably insertable into the hollow end of one of the handles and retained by a detent. In another embodiment, the branch hook is a flexible material and is attached to the end of the tool handle so the branch hook can be better guided to access and extricate branches through entangled foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventor: Phillip Hirshberg
  • Patent number: 6698048
    Abstract: A motorized device for cutting and cleaning a piece of pipe for more quickly and efficiently working with piping. The motorized device for cutting and cleaning a piece of pipe includes a housing that has a pair of opposite ends and at least one pair of protruding portions being formed on one of the ends. At least one motor that has a motor shaft is mounted in the housing. A power supply is mounted in the housing for selectively providing power to the motor and at least one switch is mounted on the housing for selectively providing power to the motor. At least one attachment is removably mounted on the motor shaft for engaging a pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: R. T. Greene
  • Patent number: 6289540
    Abstract: A set of firefighting tools for use in fighting forest fires and the like in different types of terrain and vegetation. An elongate handle is equipped with a releasably latching connector, and several different tool heads are attachable to the handle to perform various functions. One head has a pivotably attached shovel blade and is useful as a shovel, as a scraper or as a rake, when held in respective positions by a latching mechanism. Another tool head has a lightweight central body and replaceable oppositely directed axe and grub hoe blade portions. Yet a further tool head includes a resiliently flexible outer portion to which are fastened several flexible straps for beating out fires. Each head includes a socket adapted for emergency attachment to a simple wooden handle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Inventor: Thomas K. Emonds
  • Patent number: 5996235
    Abstract: An ice axe which includes a handle/shaft having a gripping end and a working end, an axe head attached to the working end, and a grip attached to the gripping end. The working end of the handle/shaft is configured with a shorter cross-sectional dimension along an axis parallel to a plane in which the axe would be swung when used. The axe head includes a pick end and an oppositely disposed hammer end, with the hammer end including a sharp ridge protruding generally in the direction of the handle/shaft and transversely thereof so as to allow the hammer end to be used as a hook for ice pockets, rock ledges, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Black Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
    Inventor: Charles Brainerd
  • Patent number: 5226718
    Abstract: A mountaineering stick comprises a plurality of segments, each of which can be detached and reassembled by means of eccentric structures. A lighting device of special design is affixed to the stick for lighting and warning purposes. Such stick can be easily carried by the mountain climber and is durable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Inventor: Jy-Tsair Lin
  • Patent number: 5105493
    Abstract: A set of firefighting tools for use in fighting forest fires and the like in different types of terrain and vegetation. A brightly colored elongate handle of fiber-reinforced synthetic material is equipped with a releasably latching connector, and several different tool heads are attachable to the handle to perform various functions. One head has a pivotably attached shovel blade and is useful as a shovel, as a scraper or as a rake. Also associated with this head is a selectively foldable mixing spoon which may be extended opposite the shovel blade. Another tool head has oppositely directed axe and grub hoe blades and is useful as an axe, a brush hook, or a grub hoe. Yet a further tool head has several flexible straps for beating out fires. An extension member of metal pipe is provided to make the handle useful as a staff when traveling on steep and rough terrain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Inventor: Thomas K. Lugtenaar
  • Patent number: 4817221
    Abstract: A multipurpose tool particularly suitable for use by woodsmen comprising a blade portion which can be gripped in the hand and used as a hand tool for various purposes such as sawing, cutting, bottle or can opening, and wire stripping. The tool also includes an elongate slotted handle portion which fits between laterally projecting guide members secured to the blade portion so that when the blade and handle portions are attached together, the tool can be used as a hatchet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Inventor: William W. Ryan
  • Patent number: 4476597
    Abstract: A mountaineering implement comprises a handle (1), a toolhead (3) mounted at one end (2) of the handle (1) and at least one tool (4, 5) releasably fixed to the toolhead (3). The toolhead has a slot (8) and the tool has a plate-like appendage (18, 26) slidably inserted and locked within this slot. Two opposing flat faces of the slot each have at least one rib (10) extending parallel to the direction of sliding of the plate-like appendage (18, 26) in the slot and each of these ribs (10) is engaged in a corresponding groove (20, 28) formed in the surface (19, 27) of the plate-like appendage of the tool (4, 5). In a preferred embodiment, the toolhead is constituted by a folded sheet-metal blank and provides for the use of two tools, the plate-like appendages of which engage in opposite ends of the slot and have complementarily-stepped ends (21, 29) which contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Grivel S.r.l.
    Inventor: Gioacchino Gobbi
  • Patent number: 4346628
    Abstract: A method is provided which produces a head of piolet, all in one piece, by punching out a metallic blank (i.e. a long cross-shaped blank whose outline is symmetrical with regard to its longitudinal axis and comprises four parts: a peen part, a pike part, and two lateral fastening flaps) from a plate of metal, and then by the folding of that metallic blank symmetrically with regard to its medial plane, along its longitudinal axis or on both sides thereof, at least along that portion of length which corresponds to the pike. The blank is eventually shaped approximately along an arc of circle which is located along the medial plane of the blank before mounting upon the handle of the piolet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1982
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Bibollet