US 12,551,990 B2 · Individualized socket holders

Abstract

The inventive subject matter is directed to socket holders that feature through holes in their bases to facilitate stringing multiple socket holders together. Individual socket holders feature a base portion and a cylindrical portion extending therefrom. The base portion can include one or more concave surfaces that improve user grip, while also featuring a through hole that a flexible member such as a string made from any appropriate material can pass through. An entire set of sockets can be held together by coupling each socket to a socket holder and then stringing the socket holders all together using a flexible member. This reduces the amount of storage space required, makes it more difficult to lose a socket holder, improve portability by making it possible for a user to sling their socket set over a shoulder using the flexible member, and so on.

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Dependent claims

A socket holding system comprising:

a socket holder comprising:
a base;
a cylindrical portion disposed on a top surface of the base;
wherein the base comprises a through hole and a bottom surface;
wherein the bottom surface is concave;
wherein the cylindrical portion comprises a set of radially disposed ridges;
wherein the through hole passes through the base to connect a first hole on a first side of the base with second hole on a second side of the base opposite the first side of the base;
a flexible member that passes through the through hole of the socket holder;
and
wherein the flexible member forms a loop.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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