# US 10,245,629 B1 · Hand tool for paintless dent repair

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- Number: US 10,245,629 B1
- Document ID: US10245629B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/955,465
- Filed: 2018-04-17
- Granted: 2019-04-02
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-17
- Applicants: Keith Allen Skelton; Leticia Egger Skelton
- Inventors: Keith Allen Skelton; Leticia Egger Skelton
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245629B1

## CPC

- B21D 1/06: Removing local distortions
- B21D 1/12: Straightening vehicle body parts or bodies (B21D1/14 takes precedence)
- B25B 7/02: Jaws
- B25B 27/0035: {for motor-vehicles (wrenches for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/003)}
- B21D: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F)
- B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

## Abstract

This invention is a hand tool for paintless dent repair on metal panels of vehicles, in which the dented area is located around the edges of said panels, and comprises two curved handle bars flexibly attached by a mechanical fastener, wherein the upper extremity of one handle bar is connected to a u-shaped plate which has its outer surface adhesively fastened to a u-shaped plate cover, and wherein the upper extremity of the other handle bar is shaped as a rounded smooth tip, with said tip inverted and facing the outer surface of the u-shaped plate cover.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A hand tool for the paintless dent repair of a dented metal panel of a vehicle, comprising:
a first curved handle bar having a first upper extremity, a first lower extremity, and a first lower portion surface on which a handgrip is located;
a u-shaped plate connected to the upper extremity of the first curved handle bar,
a u-shaped plate cover adhesively fastened to the u-shaped plate, having an outer surface;
a second curved handle bar having a second upper extremity, a second lower extremity, and a second lower portion surface on which a handgrip is located, wherein the second upper extremity is shaped in the form of a rounded smooth tip facing the outer surface of the u-shaped plate cover; and
a mechanical fastener flexibly attaching the first curved handle bar to the second curved handle bar, so as to produce a necessary pressure of the rounded smooth tip on an inside of the dented metal panel to lift up or raise a dent on said dented metal panel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The hand tool of claim 1, wherein the first curved handle bar, the u-shaped plate, the u-shaped plate cover, the second curved handle bar, and the mechanical fastener of said tool are made of a material selected from a group of Engineering materials consisting of: ceramic, composite, metal, and polymer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The hand tool of claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the u-shaped plate cover is made of a non-marring material selected from a group of Engineering materials consisting of: ceramic, composite, metal, and polymer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The hand tool of claim 1, wherein both the first and the second curved handle bars have a padded non-slip lower portion surface extending from an end of the first and of the second lower extremities of said handle bars up to where said handle bars are flexibly attached by the mechanical fastener, so as to allow for better grip and control of said handle bars.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The hand tool of claim 4, wherein the padded non-slip surface of both the first and the second curved handle bars is made of a material selected from a group consisting of: ceramic, composite, metal, and polymer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The hand tool of claim 1, wherein the first curved handle bar, the second curved handle bar and the u-shaped plate are made of a metal, wherein a pressure required to plasticaly deform said handle bars and u-shaped plate is greater than a pressure required to straighten the dented metal panel.