Apparatus with hand grip and method for mounting hand grip
An apparatus having a handle with a mounted hand grip is described. A first end wall surface of the hand grip is tapered from a base surface to a top surface of the hand grip. A second end wall surface of the hand grip is tapered from the base surface to the top surface of the hand grip. A first end wall of the recess engages the first end wall surface of the hand grip and prevents movement of the first end wall surface away from the base surface of the recess. A second end wall of the recess engages the second end wall surface of the hand grip and prevents movement of the first end wall surface away from the base surface of the recess.
1 . A method of adding a hand grip to a tool, the method comprising:
placing the hand grip in a recess of a handle of the tool, wherein:
the hand grip comprises a hand grip base, a hand grip top opposite the hand grip base, a hand grip first end wall, and a hand grip second end wall, and
the hand grip first end wall and the hand grip second end wall taper inwardly from the hand grip base to the hand grip top such that the hand grip base is wider than the hand grip top; and
deforming a first handle portion such that the first handle portion reduces an opening of the recess, directly engages the hand grip first end wall, and impedes removal of the hand grip from the recess.
2 . The method of claim 1 , comprising deforming a second handle portion such that the second handle portion reduces the opening of the recess, directly engages the hand grip second end wall, and impedes removal of the hand grip from the recess.
3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising inserting a rib extending from a surface of the recess into a channel in the hand grip base.
4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising inserting a rib extending from the hand grip base into a channel in a surface of the recess.
5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising inserting first projections extending from a surface of the recess into first depressions in the hand grip base.
6 . The method of claim 5 , comprising inserting second projections extending from the hand grip base into second depressions in the surface of the recess.
7 . The method of claim 1 , comprising inserting projections extending from the hand grip base into depressions in a surface of the recess.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the hand grip base is convex, and
the method comprises inserting the hand grip base into a concave surface of the recess.
9 . A tool, comprising:
a handle coupled to the tool, the handle comprising:
one or more lateral surfaces that extend between a first end of the handle and a second end of the handle; and
a first recess in a first lateral surface of the one or more lateral surfaces, wherein a first recess base of the first recess is wider than a first recess opening into the first recess; and
a first hand grip mounted in the first recess, the first hand grip comprising a first hand grip base and a first hand grip top opposite the first hand grip base, wherein:
the first hand grip base is wider than the first recess opening,
the first hand grip top is narrower than the first recess opening,
the first hand grip top defines a first portion of a handle outer surface of the handle that a user grasps to operate the tool, and
the first recess comprises end walls that are formed inward to directly engage tapered end walls of the first hand grip and impede removal of the first hand grip from the first recess.
10 . The tool of claim 9 , wherein:
first end walls of the first recess taper inwardly from the first recess base to the first recess opening, and
the first end walls contact the first hand grip and impede removal of the first hand grip from the first recess.
11 . The tool of claim 9 , wherein:
the first hand grip comprises a channel in the first hand grip base, and
the first recess comprises a rib extending from the first recess base and into the channel of the first hand grip base.
12 . The tool of claim 9 , wherein:
the first recess comprises a channel in the first recess base, and
the first hand grip comprises a rib extending from the first hand grip base and into the channel in the first recess base.
13 . The tool of claim 9 , wherein:
the first hand grip comprises first depressions in the first hand grip base, and
the first recess comprises first projections extending from the first recess base and into the first depressions of the first hand grip base.
14 . The tool of claim 13 , wherein:
the first recess comprises second depressions in the first recess base, and
the first hand grip comprises second projections extending from the first hand grip base and into the second depressions in the first recess base.
15 . The tool of claim 9 , wherein:
the first recess comprises depressions in the first recess base, and
the first hand grip comprises projections extending from the first hand grip base and into the depressions in the first recess base.
16 . The tool of claim 9 , wherein:
the first recess base is concave, and
the first recess base is convex and engages the first recess base.
17 . The tool of claim 9 , wherein the handle includes:
a second recess in a second lateral surface of the one or more lateral surfaces that is opposite the first lateral surface, and
a second hand grip mounted in the second recess.
18 . The tool of claim 17 , wherein:
second end walls of the second recess taper inwardly from a second recess base to a second recess opening, and
the second end walls contact the second hand grip and impede removal of the second hand grip from the second recess.
19 . The tool of claim 17 , wherein:
a second hand grip base of the second hand grip engages a second recess base of the second recess, and
a second hand grip top of the second hand grip defines a second portion of the handle outer surface that is opposite the first portion of the handle outer surface.
20 . The tool of claim 19 , wherein:
the first recess base is substantially parallel to the second recess base,
the handle includes a tang that traverses the first recess and the second recess, and the tang is sandwiched between the first hand grip and the second hand grip.