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Flexing Tool and Tool Head

a tool head and tool head technology, applied in the field of hand tools and power tool attachments, can solve the problems of few tools, work surfaces, and normal vacuum cleaner attachments that are great for floors, but not as useful for couches and chairs, and achieve the effect of facilitating us

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-09-06
25 POINT 4
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The patent text describes a tool that has a handle attached to a base member. The tool is made up of flexible and rigid components that can be molded as a single piece. This flexibility can be controlled by reinforcing the desired rigid components or by narrowing the desired flexible components. The use of multiple materials can also be effective for flexibility and rigidity control. The technical effect of this invention is to provide a tool that is easy to use and has improved flexibility and rigidity control.

Problems solved by technology

The technical problem addressed in this patent text is the difficulty of tools and tool attachments in accounting for the fact that many work surfaces are curved to some degree. The invention provides a solution by using a fin-ray structure that can flex around a contoured surface, allowing for the use of a single tool on multiple surfaces without the need for multiple devices.

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[0034]While this invention is susceptible of embodiments in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail, preferred embodiments of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the broad aspect of the invention to embodiments illustrated.

[0035]Specifically, numerical descriptions (e.g., as to size, quantity, etc.) and material compositions (e.g., plastics, wood, metals, etc.) are not to be taken in any way as fixed limitations on the scope of the invention unless clearly stated as such. The invention is primarily described in the following text and drawings with regard to embodiment as a flexible tool or flexible attachment head for a tool. However, the disclosed devices can be implemented in innumerable ways and forms, including varying sizes, shapes, dimensions, and materials. Those skilled in the art would cert...

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Abstract

A tool, an attachment head and a power tool system, each for working on contoured surfaces, are disclosed. The numerous embodiments of the designs are made possible through the use of flexible structures that exhibit a phenomenon known as the “fin ray” mechanism because it was first observed when studying the motion of fish. Similar to the fish fin, the working surface of the disclosed tools behave unexpectedly when a lateral force is applied: they do not bend away, but curve toward the applied force. Generally, each “fin ray” tool includes at two flexing sidewalls or members joined at their tips to form an acute triangle. A plurality of struts hold the members apart while allowing elastic movement. The curve of the working surface allows the tools to provide greater contact on contoured surfaces.

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