Percussive tool having improved handle fastening means

Claim 1

A HAND TOOL FOR PERCUSSIVE USE COMPRISING A STRIKING ELEMENT HAVING AN APERTURE EXTENDING THERETHROUGH NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF PERCUSSIVE FORCES WITH ENTRANCE AND EXIT ENDS; A HANDLE HAVING ONE END EXTENDING INTO THE ENTRANCE END OF SAID APERTURE AND TERMINATING ADJACENT TO BUT INWARDLY OF THE EXIT END OF THE APERTURE; A WEDGE IN SAID ONE END OF SAID HANDLE FORCING THE MATERIAL THEREOF INTO DIRECT SURFACE CONTACT WITH THE STRIKING ELEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DEPTH OF THE APERTURE IN THE DIRECTION OF PERCUSSIVE AND LEVERAGE STRAINS OR FORCES, SAID HANDLE AND APERTURE BEING CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE CLOSE-FITTING SURFACE CONTACT THROUGHOUT THE PERIPHERY THEREOF ADJACENT THE ENTRANCE END OF THE APERTURE AND TO PROVIDE MINOR SPACING BETWEEN THE SIDE SURFACES OF THE HANDLE AND THE SURFACE OF THE APERTURE OF THE STRIKING ELEMENT ADJACENT THE EXIT END THEREOF AND TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF PERCUSSIVE FORCE; AND AN IMPACT-RESISTANT, SYNTHETIC RESIN ADHESIVE IN THE SPACES BETWEEN THE SIDE SURFACES OF SAID HANDLE AND APERTURE OF THE STRIKING ELEMENT AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE EXTREME END OF THE HANDLE AND WEDGE IN THE EXIT END OF THE APERTURE TO SEAL THE END OF THE HANDLE AND FIRMLY BOND SAID HANDLE AND WEDGE IN POSITION.