A braided hammer handle assembly for reducing impact energy transferred from a tool to a user includes a head that has a striking surface to deliver a blow when the head is swung. The head has a handle hole extending therethrough and a handle extends through the handle hole in the head for swinging the head. The handle is comprised of a braided cable such that the handle is resiliently flexible. In this way the handle can absorb impact energy when the head strikes an object thereby enhancing comfort for a user. A grip is positioned around the handle to enhance comfort for the user.

An emergency escape kit is disclosed. The emergency escape kit includes: an emergency escape punch having an obstacle contact portion configured to be in close contact with an obstacle such as a glass window, and configured to shatter the obstacle by pressurizing a side thereof opposite to the obstacle contact portion located between the obstacle and the side of the emergency escape punch; and a gas mask configured to be couplable to or separable from the emergency escape punch, wherein when the gas mask is coupled to the emergency escape punch, the gas mask shields a portion of the emergency escape punch from an outside of the emergency escape punch, and when gas mask is separated from the emergency escape punch and is brought into close contact with respiratory organ of a user, the gas mask prevents external poisonous gas from flowing into the respiratory organ of the user.

A hammer tacker comprises a housing, a staple holder, and a latch operatively connected to the staple holder. The latch comprises a pivotable press member that is movable about a pivot axis between a lock position and a release position. The pivotable press member is resiliently biased towards the lock position. An elongated body of the staple holder is biased towards a normal position and movable against such bias to a jam release position while the staple holder remains in the operative position. The elongated body has a rearward portion thereof extending in longitudinally overlapping relation with a rearward portion of the pivotable press member, such that pivotal movement of the pivotable press member towards the rearward portion of the elongated body causes the pivotable press member to be moved from the lock position to the release position.

A hand tool may include a head, a handle and one or more instances of an adjustable weight. The head may include a bell and a face for delivering an impact. The handle may be operably coupled to the head and extend linearly away from the head along an axis. The adjustable weight may be positionable on the head and/or the handle at a selected one of a plurality of different locations relative to the axis such that the hand tool is configurable to adjust both a striking power and a swinging balance of the hand tool.

A hand tool may include a head, a handle and one or more instances of an adjustable weight. The head may include a bell and a face for delivering an impact. The handle may be operably coupled to the head and extend linearly away from the head along an axis. The adjustable weight may be positionable on the head and/or the handle at a selected one of a plurality of different locations relative to the axis such that the hand tool is configurable to adjust both a striking power and a swinging balance of the hand tool.

A hand tool may include a head having a bell and a face for delivering an impact at a front end of the head. The hand tool may also include a handle operably coupled to the head and extending linearly away from the head along an axis. The bell may be perimeter weighted such that a void space is disposed within the bell rearward of the face and spaced apart from peripheral edges of the bell and the face.

The disclosed and claimed concept provides for an overmold that is applied to substantially all of the exposed portions of a wood handle for a tool.

The disclosed and claimed concept provides for an overmold that is applied to substantially all of the exposed portions of a wood handle for a tool.

A staking tool is provided that is coupled to an axle of a vehicle and that includes a collar and a striker. The collar includes a guide notch defined on an interior surface. The striker includes a shaft and a handle. The shaft includes an angled tip at a first end of the striker and the handle includes a striking surface at a second end of the striker. The shaft is configured to slide longitudinally within the guide notch. A method for staking a spindle nut is also provided that includes positioning a collar over the spindle nut fastened on an axle of a vehicle, aligning a guide notch on the collar with a staking notch on the axle, inserting a striker into the guide notch, and striking the striker with a hammer.

A staking tool is provided that is coupled to an axle of a vehicle and that includes a collar and a striker. The collar includes a guide notch defined on an interior surface. The striker includes a shaft and a handle. The shaft includes an angled tip at a first end of the striker and the handle includes a striking surface at a second end of the striker. The shaft is configured to slide longitudinally within the guide notch. A method for staking a spindle nut is also provided that includes positioning a collar over the spindle nut fastened on an axle of a vehicle, aligning a guide notch on the collar with a staking notch on the axle, inserting a striker into the guide notch, and striking the striker with a hammer.