Patents
US 9938065 B2: Packaging for tool handle with internal storage cavity and removable cap
- Granted
- 2018-04-10
- Filed
- 2015-09-29 application 14868635
- Type
- Utility · 7 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A tool packaged for retail sale has a tool handle including a handle outer surface and an internal storage channel within the handle and having a channel opening facilitating selective access to the storage channel. A removable handle cap with a cap-exterior surface is installed over the channel opening in order to close off the storage channel. The handle cap is retained in place by a cap-restraining strip fabricated from a tear-resistant material. More specifically, a central portion of the cap-restraining strip is disposed over at least a portion of the cap-exterior surface, while portions of the cap-restraining strip on opposite sides of the central portion are disposed to extend along mutually opposite sides of the handle outer surface. A wrapper securely binds the portions of the cap-restraining strip located on opposite sides of the handle outer surface, thereby preventing removal of the handle cap without destruction of the wrapper.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg180410.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYDE TOOLS, Inc. 21 patents | US company or organization | Southbridge, MA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard M. Farland | Fiskdale, MA | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Corey Talbot | Hebron, CT | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D79/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B25F | Combination or multi-purpose tools not otherwise provided for; details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for | B25F1/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B25G | Handles for hand implements | B25G1/085 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65B | Machines, apparatus or devices for, or methods of, packaging articles or materials; unpacking | B65B11/004 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-23 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FARLAND, RICHARD M. signed 2018-01-23 TALBOT, COREY signed 2018-01-23 | HYDE TOOLS, INC. SOUTHBRIDGE, MA | 44704/298 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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