US 7,296,772 · Granted 2007-11-20
The Hanging Tag That Keeps Your Trowel Organized
A flat metal or plastic tag with a hole at the top that holds a plaster trowel securely in place when hung on a wall or pegboard. The tag has a special slot and pocket that cradles the trowel's handle and internal rod so everything stays put without sliding around.
The plain-English version
What it protects
The claim covers a flat hangtag with a hanging hole at the top, an internal limit section designed to grip a trowel's handle, and a supporting slot that guides and locks the trowel's internal supporting rod into place. What's protected here is the specific arrangement of these three components—the grip pocket, the rod-guiding slot, and the hole—that work together to hold a plaster trowel in a stable, horizontal-and-vertical locked position when the tag is hung on a wall or storage system.
Why it matters
This patent solves a practical problem for construction workers and contractors: keeping hand trowels organized and accessible on a job site or in a shop without the tools sliding around or falling. By locking both the handle and the internal supporting rod simultaneously, the design prevents the trowel from rotating or shifting during storage, reducing wear and damage and keeping tools easy to grab when needed. It's a small but clever improvement over simple hanging hooks.
Real-world use
A mason or plasterer hangs their trowel on this tag at the end of the workday, and the tool stays perfectly aligned and secure until they grab it again tomorrow, no trowel spinning or sliding sideways.
Original USPTO abstract
A special hangtag for plaster trowel, which is in flat shape, has a hanging hole on top. The limit section of the grip is placed in the middle of the hangtag, which can be lifted up forward, and the structure is designed to place the grip of the plaster trowel. On one side of the hole for supporting rod is a guiding slot coming from one side of the hangtag, which makes the supporting rod that is located between the grip and the low profile of the plaster trowel to be located in the hole for supporting rod from the guiding slot. Thus, the grip of the plaster trowel and the supporting rod are horizontally and vertically supported by the limit section of the grip and the hole for supporting rod, and forms a one-unit position with hangtag.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 7,296,772
- Filing date
- 2005-04-12
- Grant date
- 2007-11-20
- Assignee
- See-Tuh Wang
- Inventor(s)
- WANG SEE-TUH
- CPC class
- B25H3/006
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