ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,904, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Hand tool with replaceable handle" was invented by Lucas M. Schmidt (Eagle, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool, such as a hammer including a handle configured to be replaceable is shown. In one embodiment, the handle includes a grip insert coupled to the shaft of the hammer and an outer grip surrounding the grip insert. In another embodiment, the hammer includes a shaft with a pair of opposing channels. The handle includes a grip insert with a pair of corresponding projections to couple to the pair of opposing channels and an outer grip...