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Follow on Google News | Father and family use Kickstarter to turn tragic loss into reason to celebrate this Father’s DayThe story behind the Cole-Bar Hammer is a tale of a dad and two sons...the late son who helped invent it, and his surviving brother and sister who are helping to bring it to market via Kickstarter.com, the crowd funding website.
By: Cole-Bar Hammer | 2911 Enterprises, LLC The story behind the invention and ultimate manufacturing of the Cole-Bar Hammer is a story of a dad and his children...the late son who helped invent it, and his surviving brother and sister who are helping to make it a reality. “This project has been a Godsend for my family,” Brandon notes. “It helped Dad do something positive in Cole’s memory, and it helped bring my father and I closer together. That’s a perfect thing to celebrate this Father’s Day.” In 1997, Indiana resident Cole Hyde, 11, was helping his father, Lance Hyde, put tools away at the end of a long day of pole-barn building. Cole laid a crow-bar down on top of a hammer, and the pair both had the same thought: “Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a hammer and crow bar in the same tool?” They built a prototype that day, but before it went anywhere, Cole died in a tragic accident on their property. He was just twelve years old. The “crowbar hammer” invention lay dormant for years, as Lance dealt with his loss. Eventually, Lance decided to make a prototype as a way of paying tribute to his late son. He recruited Cole’s older brother, Brandon, and sister, Heather to help turn their idea into a real product. (more) Over the next few years, the family manufactured five Cole-Bar Hammer prototypes. In 2011, Lance Hyde was awarded a U.S. Patent for the multi-tool. “Kickstarter ( http://www.kickstarter.com/ The Cole-Bar Hammer is among the first tool designs ever to be funded via Kickstarter ( http://www.kickstarter.com/ About the Cole-Bar Hammer The Cole-Bar Hammer is a patented multi-tool that combines a hammer, crow bar, a demolition tool, angle measurement tool, ruler, a socket wrench and nail pliers. The Cole-Bar Hammer had its official launch at the 2013 National Hardware Show. An earlier prototype made it to the finals in a DIY Network inventors competition. The Cole-Bar Hammer was inspired by its inventor’s late son, Cole Hyde, who had the idea for the tool when he was just eleven years old. When Cole tragically passed away less than a year later, Cole’s father, Lance Hyde, decided to move forward with a prototype of the tool in tribute to his son, ultimately naming the tool after him. The Cole-Bar Hammer is most funded hand tool designs ever on Kickstarter.com, so far raising nearly $120,000 from over 1,635 backers to date. This press release was written and distributed by Imagine That Creative Marketing & PR Services. Visit us online at http://imagine- End
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