Wrench coupling device
OwnerWilliam R. Hodges, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A wrench coupling device provides for temporary construction of wrench combinations for length extension and/or avoiding obstacles in an engine compartment or other location where nuts are not directly accessible using a standard wrench. The coupling device has a pair of heads adapted for fitting a wrench thereto, which may be hexagonal or another polygonal shape that mates with the teeth and/or faces of a wrench end. One or both of the heads may be fitted with o-rings or magnets to removably secure a wrench with a friction/magnetic link. The ends of the heads may be threaded to accept cover plates that secure the device to the wrenches in a more permanent configuration in which the wrenches will be secured to the coupling device until the cover plates are removed.
Claims20
A wrench coupling device, comprising a device body having a pair of coupler heads disposed at ends thereof along an axis of the device body, wherein each of the coupler heads is adapted for accepting a head of a corresponding wrench for coupling a pair of wrenches to the wrench coupling device, wherein the wrenches are secured at a fixed angle of rotation with respect to each other when heads of the wrenches are coupled to the coupler heads.
A method of coupling multiple wrenches, comprising:
- providing a first wrench having a first head disposed at a first end thereof;
- providing a second wrench having a second head disposed at a second end thereof;
- coupling the first wrench and the second wrench by inserting a wrench coupling device, wherein the wrenches are secured at a fixed angle of rotation with respect to each other when heads of the wrenches are coupled to the coupler heads.
A wrench coupling device, comprising a device body having a first hexagonal head disposed at a first end thereof, a second hexagonal head disposed at a second end thereof, and a shoulder disposed between the first hexagonal head and the second hexagonal head, whereby a pair of wrenches can be secured to the first and second hexagonal heads, the shoulder preventing passage of either of the hexagonal heads completely through ends of the wrenches, wherein the wrenches can be secured at a fixed angle of rotation with respect to each other when heads of the wrenches are coupled to the first and second hexagonal heads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.