Patent · US Expired

Rotary power hand tool having a flexible handle and attachment system

US6835032B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 5, 2003
Grant dateDec 28, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/306608
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A preferred embodiment of the present invention is directed to a detachable flexible handle for a power hand tool and an attachment system associated with the handle and the tool for releasably attaching either a rigid or the flexible handle to the power hand tool. The system has housing attachment recesses on the tool that receive attachment clips located at opposite end portions of the flexible handle or structure of a rigid handle.

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