Adjustable Socket Wrench Extension
OwnerPeter Bowensinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable socket wrench extension includes a gear train of meshing gears that translates torque from a first end to a second, opposite end; a female drive fitting to apply the torque from the socket wrench to the first end of the gear train; a male drive fitting to provide the torque to a socket at the second end; a frame that retains the gear train in a plane; a plurality of locking plates on the first side of the frame; a locking tab on the first side of the frame to retain the locking plates in a relative orientation; and a pushbutton on the second side of the frame to temporarily disengage the locking tab from the locking plates so that the relative orientation between the plates may be changed, thereby changing the shape of the device.
Claims16
A device comprising:
- a gear train of meshing gears that translates a torque from a first end to a second, generally opposite end;
- a frame having a plurality of locking plates that retain the gear train in a plane;
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- a locking mechanism that disengages and then reengages the locking plates so that the relative orientation of the gears may be changed, thereby changing the shape of the device.
A device for transferring a torque from a socket wrench to a socket, comprising:
- a gear train of meshing gears that translates the torque from a first end to a second, opposite end;
- a female drive fitting adapted to apply the torque from the socket wrench to the first end of the gear train;
- a male drive fitting adapted to provide the torque to a socket at the second end of the gear train;
- a frame having a first side and a second side generally opposite the first side, that retains the gear train in a plane;
- a plurality of locking plates on the first side of the frame;
- a locking tab on the first side of the frame to retain the locking plates in a relative orientation;
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- a pushbutton on the second side of the frame to temporarily disengage the locking tab from the locking plates so that the relative orientation between the plates may be changed, thereby changing the shape of the device.
A method for transferring a torque from a socket wrench to a socket, comprising:
- utilizing a gear train of meshing gears to translates the torque from a first end to a second, opposite end;
- utilizing a female drive fitting to apply the torque from the socket wrench to the first end of the gear train;
- utilizing a male drive fitting to provide the torque to a socket at the second end of the gear train;
- utilizing a frame having a first side and a second side generally opposite the first side, to retain the gear train in a plane;
- utilizing a locking tab on the first side of the frame to retain a plurality of locking plates on the first side of the frame in a relative orientation;
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- utilizing a pushbutton on the second side of the frame to temporarily disengage the locking tab from the locking plates so that the relative orientation between the plates may be changed, thereby changing the shape of the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.