Handle assembly for tool - Patent 1602453

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EP 1 602 453 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/11

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	07.12.2005 Bulletin 2005/49

(21)	Application number: 05009808.6

(22)	Date of filing: 05.05.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B25F 5/00^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR LV MK YU

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Priority:

20.05.2004 US 849708

(71)	Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
	Newark, Delaware 19711 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Cooper, Vincent, P. Baltimore MD 21209 (US)

(74)	Representative: Clark, Charles Robert et al
	Black & Decker Patent Department 210 Bath Road Slough, Berkshire SL1 3YD Slough, Berkshire SL1 3YD (GB)

(54)	Handle assembly for tool

(57) A handle assembly for a power tool 1 comprises a housing 2 defining a handle 4 and housing a motor for actuating an output member of the tool, such as a drill bit or jigsaw blade. The handle assembly comprises at least one flexible sheet 8 adapted to be mounted to a surface of the handle of the power tool and having a series of protrusions 10 adapted to be engaged by a hand of a user of the tool. The protrusions 10 retain one or more blister packs (not shown) containing at least one vibration damping gel material between the flexible sheet 8 and the surface of the handle 4.

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