Assembly structure for hand trowel

US 6,499,178 B1
Assembly structure for hand trowel
Chin-Chen Huang, No.12, 41st Road, Industrial Zone, Shitun District, Taichung (Taiwan)
Assigned to WMH Tool Group, Inc., Palatine, Ill. (US)
Filed on 09-Nov-2001, as Appl. No. WMH Tool Group, Inc., Palatine, Ill. (US)
Int. Cl.7B05C 17/10

US 6,499,178 B1 Assembly structure for hand trowel Chin-Chen Huang, No.12, 41st Road, Industrial Zone, Shitun District, Taichung (Taiwan) Filed on Nov. 09, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/986,699. Int. Cl.7B05C 17/10 U.S. Cl. 158212;235.4 1 Claim 1. An assembly structure for a hand trowel, comprising: a handle adapted to be grasped by a hand, and having a strip base integrated at a bottom thereof, the strip base having a T-shaped groove formed therein which is defined by opposing walls, and having corresponding openings formed in the walls at an open end of the groove; a blade having a plurality of pillars; and a tongue fixed to the blade using the pillars, the tongue having a T-shape that is essentially identical in shape to the T-shaped groove, so as to be adapted to be slid and fit therein, the tongue having a cleft at a front thereof, and having a respective boss on opposing walls of the tongue in a region of the cleft, the bosses being receivable within the openings formed in the walls of the strip base to lock the blade to the handle in a set position, when the tongue is properly positioned within the groove.