US 12,280,484 B2
Post driver
Ryan Varnum, Columbia, MO (US); Timothy S. Kinney, Warrenton, MO (US); Seth Wheeler, Columbia, MO (US); Aaron Wood, Columbia, MO (US); James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US); Curtis Smith, Columbia, MO (US); Matthew Kinamore, Columbia, MO (US); Kyle Smith, Columbia, MO (US); Jason Nickerson, Columbia, MO (US); Bryan Mach, Columbia, MO (US); Eric Smith, Columbia, MO (US); and Justin Murphy, Columbia, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,967.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,648, filed on Aug. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048175 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B25D 1/16 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01); E04H 17/26 (2006.01); B25G 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC B25D 1/16 (2013.01) [B25G 1/10 (2013.01); E04H 17/263 (2013.01); B25G 1/01 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
24. A post driver for driving a post into the ground, the post driver comprising:
a rigid framework having a post receiver body, a first handle body connected to the post receiver body, and a second handle body connected to the post receiver body, the post receiver body defining a post receiving space having an open end and an opposite driving end, the post receiving space sized and shaped to receive an upper end portion of the post; and
a cover molded on and engaged with the rigid framework to conform to the rigid framework, the cover covering at least a portion of the post receiver body, the first handle body, and the second handle body;
a first grip molded on and engaged with said portion of the cover that covers the first handle body, the first grip and said portion of the cover that covers the first handle body arranged to be grasped by one hand of a user; and
a second grip molded on and engaged with said portion of the cover that covers the second handle body, the second grip and said portion of the cover that covers the second handle body arranged to be grasped by another hand of the user.