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US 2003/0194266 A1Published application
Pivotable tool having crossing-connected arms
OwnerHsiu-E Yuinventor
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Abstract
A pivotable tool includes a pair of pivotally interconnected arms disposed in a crossing relationship and having a manually releasable releasing device which locks the arms in a perpendicular open position for use of the tool as a wrench. Each of two ends of the two arms is mounted a socket. A collar is movably received between the two arms and is pushed to release the lock status by the releasing device.
Claims5
A pivotable tool comprising:
- a first arm having a first passage defined through a middle thereof and two grooves defined in an inner periphery of the first passage;
- a second arm having a second passage defined through a middle thereof and two notches defined in an inner periphery of the second passage;
- a spring and a collar received in the second passage and two lugs extending from an outer periphery of the collar, the two lugs movably received in the two notches and the two grooves, a pin extending through the first passage, the second passage and the collar, and
- a button mounted on a first end of the pin and having two tongues which contact the two lugs of the collar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.