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US 2026/0109007 A1Published application
Nut Driver Tool With Front Loading Flip Socket Storage
AssigneeKlein Tools, Inc.
InventorsStephen Powers, Jordan L. Fisher, Kevin Basler
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Abstract
A nut driving tool capable of mounting multiple sockets on a shank, including at least one socket in a use position on a socket mounting end of the shank and another socket in a storage position, with the socket in the storage position movable from the storage position past as socket mounting end of the shank.
Claims20
A nut driver tool comprising:
- an elongate drive shank including:
- a socket-mounting end opposite a driver engagement end;
- and
- a pair of socket stop surfaces facing the socket-mounting end and spaced from the socket-mounting end, the socket stop surfaces spaced from each other by an angular distance;
- and
- a reversible socket including:
- a first end opposite a second end;
- a first hex socket opening in the first end and sized to engage a hexagonal profile of a first size;
- a second hex socket opening in the second end and sized to engage a hexagonal profile of a second size larger than the first size, the second hex socket facing in an opposite direction from the first hex socket opening;
- a through opening connecting the first and second hex socket openings,
- a pair of first stop surfaces facing the first end, the first stop surfaces spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- a pair of first channels, each of the first channels extending from the first end to a corresponding one of the first stop surfaces, the first channels spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- a pair of second stop surfaces facing the second end, the second stop surfaces spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- a pair of second channels, each second channel extending from the second end to a corresponding one of the second stop surfaces, the second channels spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- and
- a pair of third channels, each third channel extending from the first end to the second end and spaced circumstantially from the first and second channels, the third channels spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- and
- wherein:
- the first channels are sized to allow the socket stop surfaces to translate within the first channels from the first end to engage against the first stop surfaces to mount the reversible socket on the socket-mounting end in a first position wherein the drive shank extends through the first hex socket opening with the socket-mounting end spaced from the second end by a first predetermined distance;
- the second channels are sized to allow the socket stop surfaces to translate within the second channels from the second end to engage against the second stop surfaces to mount the reversible socket on the socket-mounting end in a second position wherein the drive shank extends through the second hex socket opening with the socket-mounting end spaced from the first end by a second predetermined distance;
- and
- the third channels are sized to allow the socket stop surfaces to translate within the third channels to allow the reversible socket to be translated past the socket-mounting end from a stored position on the shank located between the socket-mounting end and the driver engagement end.
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A nut driver tool comprising:
- an elongate drive shank including:
- a socket-mounting end opposite a driver engagement end;
- and
- a pair of socket stop surfaces facing the socket-mounting end and spaced from the socket-mounting end, the socket stop surfaces spaced from each other by an angular distance;
- and
- at least two reversible sockets, each reversible socket including:
- a first end opposite a second end;
- a first hex socket opening in the first end and sized to engage a hexagonal profile of a first size;
- a second hex socket opening in the second end and sized to engage a hexagonal profile of a second size larger than the first size, the second hex socket facing in an opposite direction from the first hex socket opening;
- a through opening connecting the first and second hex socket openings,
- a pair of first stop surfaces facing the first end, the first stop surfaces spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- a pair of first channels, each of the first channels extending from the first end to a corresponding one of the first stop surfaces, the first channels spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- a pair of second stop surfaces facing the second end, the second stop surfaces spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- a pair of second channels, each second channel extending from the second end to a corresponding one of the second stop surfaces, the second channels spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- and
- a pair of third channels, each third channel extending from the first end to the second end and spaced circumstantially from the first and second channels, the third channels spaced from each other by the angular distance;
- and
- wherein:
- the first channels are sized to allow the socket stop surfaces to translate within the first channels from the first end to engage against the first stop surfaces to mount the reversible socket on the socket-mounting end in a first position wherein the drive shank extends through the first hex socket opening with the socket-mounting end spaced from the second end by a first predetermined distance;
- the second channels are sized to allow the socket stop surfaces to translate within the second channels from the second end to engage against the second stop surfaces to mount the reversible socket on the socket-mounting end in a second position wherein the drive shank extends through the second hex socket opening with the socket-mounting end spaced from the first end by a second predetermined distance;
- and
- the third channels are sized to allow the socket stop surfaces to translate within the third channels to allow the reversible socket to be translated past the socket-mounting end from a stored position on the shank located between the socket-mounting end and the driver engagement end.
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