Hinged wrench
AssigneeRyan Keith Gaskie
InventorRyan Keith Gaskie
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Abstract
There is disclosed a wrench, having a first body piece and a second body piece, wherein the first body piece and second body piece are of substantially identical construction, and wherein the second body piece is oriented 180° from the first body piece along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the first and second body pieces have respective head pieces that, when closed together, form a box-end wrench head, and wherein the first and second body pieces are joined at a pivot joint on the box-end wrench head.
Claims20
A wrench, comprising a first body piece and a second body piece, wherein the first body piece and second body piece are of substantially identical construction, and wherein the second body piece is oriented 180° from the first body piece along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the first and second body pieces comprise respective head pieces that, when closed together, form a box-end wrench head, wherein the first and second body pieces are joined at a pivot joint on the box-end wrench head, and wherein the first and second body pieces comprise respective handle pieces, wherein the first handle piece and second handle piece form respective overlapping lips.
A method of manufacturing a wrench, comprising:
- forming a first body piece comprising a first head piece and a first handle having a longitudinal lip;
- forming a second body piece comprising a second head piece and a second handle, wherein the second body piece is of substantially identical construction to the first body piece;
- inverting the second body piece along a longitudinal axis;
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- pinning the first head piece to the second head piece at a pivot joint, wherein the first head piece and second head piece together form a box-end wrench head, and whereby the longitudinal lip of the first body piece and the longitudinal lip of the second body piece overlap one another.
A wrench, comprising a first body piece hingedly affixed to a second body piece, wherein the first body piece and second body hinge at a pivot point, wherein the first body piece and second body piece are oriented to form a box wrench head at a proximal end to the pivot point, the box wrench head open in a first pivot orientation and closed in a second pivot orientation, and wherein the first body piece and second body piece have respective distal ends that together form an open wrench head in the second pivot orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.