Drive socket protector for lug nuts and wheels
AssigneeAHO Holdings LLC
InventorAndrew Ong
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Abstract
The drive socket protector for wheels and lug nuts includes a flexible sheath shaped to define an elongated receptacle having a tubular wall extending from an enclosed end to an open end. The elongated receptacle includes an interior volume configured to receive a socket tool. The socket tool has a lug opening disposed at the enclosed end of the elongated receptacle. The elongated receptacle further includes an exterior surface at the enclosed end that is configured to interface with a lug nut. The tubular wall is flexible and is configured to conform into the lug opening of the socket tool to be disposed between the lug nut and the socket tool when the socket tool is contained within the interior volume of the elongated receptacle.
Claims20
A drive socket protector for wheels and lug nuts comprising:
- a flexible sheath comprising a polymer film and shaped to define an elongated receptacle having a tubular wall extending from an enclosed end to an open end;
- wherein the elongated receptacle includes an interior volume configured to receive a socket tool having a lug opening, the lug opening disposed at the enclosed end of the elongated receptacle;
- wherein the elongated receptacle includes an exterior surface at the enclosed end configured to interface with a lug nut;
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- wherein the tubular wall is flexible and configured to conform into the lug opening to be disposed between the lug nut and the socket tool contained in the interior volume.
A method for using a drive socket protector with a lug nut of a wheel, the method comprising:
- inserting a socket tool having a lug opening through an open end of a drive socket protector, the open end defined by a rim of a tubular wall spanning between the open end and an enclosed end formed by a meeting of the tubular wall, the tubular wall further defining an interior volume, such that the lug opening is disposed in the interior volume at the enclosed end and configured to engage an interior surface of the tubular wall at the enclosed end;
- tightening a drawstring disposed at the tubular wall so as to substantially conform the interior surface of the tubular wall to the socket tool;
- engaging a lug nut with an exterior surface of the enclosed end such that the interior surface of the tubular wall substantially conforms to an interior surface of the lug opening, the lug nut disposed at a wheel;
- extending the tubular wall proximally along an exterior surface of the socket tool so as to provide a barrier between the socket tool and a lug hole of the wheel;
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- applying a rotational force at the socket tool so as to tighten or loosen the lug nut at a wheel.
A drive socket protector for wheels and lug nuts comprising:
- a flexible sheath shaped to define an elongated receptacle having a tubular wall extending from an enclosed end to an open end;
- wherein the elongated receptacle includes an interior volume configured to receive a socket tool having a lug opening, the lug opening disposed at the enclosed end of the elongated receptacle;
- wherein the elongated receptacle includes an exterior surface at the enclosed end configured to interface with a lug nut;
- wherein the tubular wall is flexible and configured to conform into the lug opening to be disposed between the lug nut and the socket tool contained in the interior volume;
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- wherein the exterior surface at the enclosed end is further configured to be removably attached to an open end of a second drive socket protector and provide a tear point for removing the second drive socket protector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.