Tool for releasably holding a torch

A tool for releasably holding a torch having a fuel containing cylinder with a predetermined diameter at one end and a flame directing nozzle at an opposite end, said tool comprising:

• a receptacle defining a blind recess configured to receive, accommodate and releasably hold a lengthwise portion of the fuel containing cylinder of said torch therewithin, with said receptacle having a spherical outer surface;
• a base having at least two parts arranged in a cooperative stacked relationship relative to each other and defining a spherical socket therebetween, with said socket having a spherical inner surface which surrounds a majority of the spherical outer surface of said receptacle, and with a second part of said base defining an open top which opens to an open end of the recess in said receptacle;
• a locking assembly including first and second substantially identical spring biased and manually operable mechanisms mounted on diametrically opposed sides of the socket defined by said socket and in operable combination with the first and second parts of said base and operable in either a locked condition or an unlocked condition with aid locking assembly being adapted to apply a first clamping force to the outer spherical surface of said receptacle when arranged in a locked condition whereby releasably maintaining said receptacle in a selected and adjusted position relative to said base and for applying a reduced clamping force to the outer spherical surface of said receptacle when in an unlocked condition;
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• wherein the two parts of said base combine to define a closed ended and open-sided passageway which opens to and depends from the top of and along a lengthwise portion of said base, with said passageway having a predetermined width generally equal to or slightly greater than the predetermined diameter of the fuel containing cylinder of said torch so as to allow for enhanced pivotal movement of said torch whereby allowing for enhanced movement and positioning of the flame directing nozzle on said torch.

A tool for releasably holding a torch having a fuel containing cylinder with a predetermined diameter at one end and a flame directing nozzle at an opposite end, said tool comprising:

• a base comprised of two base members arranged in a cooperative stacked relationship relative to each other and defining a spherical socket therebetween, and with one of said base members defining an open top;
• a singularly formed receptacle for receiving, accommodating and releasably holding a lengthwise portion of the fuel containing cylinder of said torch therewithin, with said receptacle having a spherical outer surface extending about a majority of the outer surface of said receptacle, with said receptacle being adapted to be received and accommodated within an inner spherical surface defined by the spherical socket defined by the members of said base such that the outer surface of said receptacle is substantially surrounded by the inner surface of said base whereby permitting pivotal movements of said receptacle in multiple and opposed directions, and with said receptacle defining a blind bore opening to the outer surface of said receptacle and to the open top of said one of said members, with the blind bore in said receptacle having a predetermined diameter substantially equal to the predetermined diameter of the fuel containing cylinder of said torch;
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• a manually operable assembly operable in either a locked condition or an unlocked condition, with said manually operable assembly including first and second substantially identical spring biased and manually operable mechanisms arranged in diametrically opposed relation to the spherical socket defined by said base and arranged in operable combination with the two base members so as to apply a first clamping force to the outer spherical surface of said receptacle when arranged in a locked condition whereby constraining said receptacle against movement relative to said base and for reducing the clamping force applied to the outer spherical surface of said receptacle when in an condition.