US 11,807,033 B2
Tool having integral safety hanger
Peter Sganga, Larchmont, NY (US)
Filed by Peter Sganga, Larchmont, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/015,572.
Application 17/015,572 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/692,462, filed on Nov. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,806,245.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/877,948, filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0023876 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B44D 3/12 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A46B 17/08 (2006.01); A46B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B44D 3/123 (2013.01) [A46B 15/0095 (2013.01); A46B 17/02 (2013.01); A46B 17/08 (2013.01); A46B 2200/202 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool having an integral hanger, comprising:
a tool having a handle including a gripping portion and a neck portion, and a channel within the handle which passes completely through the handle; and
an insert adapted to fit within the channel, the insert including a frame portion and a hanger, the hanger having a head portion at a first end thereof and an arm portion extending from the head portion to a second end thereof, the arm portion having a first barb extending outward towards a first side of the handle at the second end thereof, the hanger hingedly mounted to the insert via the head portion, the hanger adapted to rotate between a position where the arm portion is completely within the channel to a first position on a first side of the handle with the end of the arm portion outside of the channel and to a second position on a second side of the handle with the end of the arm portion outside of the channel, the arm portion adapted to securely hold the tool on a lip of a container when the hanger is rotated to the first position.