Cam lock wrench
OwnerNick Heintzinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a wrench for operating cam lock levers. The cam lock lever wrench provides a handle connected to a wrench head that is configured to engage the cam lock lever in a cavity and in a channel, enabling ease of locking and ease of opening a cam lock. Wrench heads of various sizes may be used for cam lock levers of respective various sizes. The handle and wrench head may be fixed together, may be of one piece, or the wrench head may feature a socket such as those used for socket wrenches, and the handle may have a male portion of a socket wrench fitting of a complimentary size to the socket. A wide variety of handles may be used. Some surfaces of the wrench head may have traction enhancements. Some edges of the wrench head may be rounded.
Claims20
A cam lock wrench, comprising:
- a. a wrench head having a cavity and a channel configured to receive and releasably retain a cam lock lever;
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- b. a handle operable to support said head.
A cam lock wrench, comprising:
- a. a wrench head having a cavity and a channel configured to receive and releasably retain a cam lock lever;
- b. a handle operable to support said head;
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- c. wherein said cavity and said channel are configured to receive said cam lock lever from a long side of said cam lock lever.
A cam lock wrench, comprising:
- a. a wrench head having a cavity and a channel configured to receive and releasably retain a cam lock lever;
- b. a handle operable to support said wrench head;
- c. wherein said cavity and said channel are configured to receive said cam lock lever along a long side of said cam lock lever;
- d. wherein said cavity comprises at least one of:
- i. an arcuate cavity sized to receive a head of said cam lock lever;
- ii. a shape that is conformal to at least a portion of a head of said cam lock lever;
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- iii. a groove configured to receive a lip of a head of said cam lock lever;
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- e. comprising a hard metal alloy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.