Wrench
AssigneeECM Industries, LLC
InventorMatthew W. Sweeney
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Abstract
A locknut wrench and method. The wrench may include a handle extending along an axis and having opposite sides; a first hook portion at one end of the handle, the first hook portion extending from the axis to a first hook member about a first angle, the first hook member being selectively engageable with a tab of a locknut; and a second hook portion at an opposite end of the handle, the second hook portion extending from the axis to a second hook member about a second angle different than the first angle, the second hook member being selectively engageable with a tab of a locknut, the second hook portion including a tooth positioned on a side of the handle opposite the second hook member, the tooth extending from the axis to an end about a third angle.
Claims20
A wrench comprising:
- a first hook portion having a first hook base,
- a first hook end with a single first hook member, and
- a concave first hook inner surface extending between the first hook base and the a single first hook member,
- the single first hook member extending radially inwardly from the first hook inner surface;
- a second hook portion having a second hook base,
- a second hook end with a single second hook member, and
- a concave second hook inner surface extending between the second hook base and the single second hook member,
- the single second hook member extending radially inwardly from the second hook inner surface,
- the second hook portion including a tooth extending from the second hook base and positioned on an opposite longitudinal side of the handle from the single second hook member;
- a handle having a first edge and an opposite second edge extending along a longitudinal axis,
- the handle connecting the first hook portion to the second hook portion;
- wherein the first hook base and the second hook base are aligned relative to the longitudinal axis and located proximate the first edge;
- wherein the first hook inner surface defines a first arc having a radius of curvature and extending along a first angle subtended by the first arc between the first hook base and the first hook end,
- and the second hook inner surface defines a second arc having the radius of curvature and extending along a second angle subtended by the second arc between the second hook base and the second hook end,
- the second angle being different than the first angle;
- wherein the first hook portion and the second hook portion are one longitudinal side of the handle in a plane defined by the first hook portion,
- the second hook portion, and
- the handle and open in a direction toward the first edge of the handle;
- wherein the first hook portion and the second hook portion each have one face arranged in the first face plane and an opposite face arranged in a second face plane,
- the first face plane and the second face plane being on opposite sides of and parallel to the plane;
- and
- wherein the first hook portion,
- the second hook portion and the handle are between the first face plane and the second face plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.