Strut channel ratchet and method therefor
OwnerFrancisco Rangelinventor
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Abstract
A strut channel ratchet includes a handle and a ratchet head is attached to an end of the handle. The strut channel socket is attached to the ratchet head. The strut channel socket includes a shaft and a socket head that is designed to engage a rotatable fastening structure. The socket head includes two rounded sides and two flattened sides. The socket head has a diameter between the flattened sides smaller than a diameter between the rounded sides such that the socket head is insertable into a strut channel through a slot between two legs of the strut channel with the flattened sides oriented parallel to the legs of the strut channel.
Claims15
A strut channel ratchet comprising:
- a handle;
- a ratchet head being attached to an end of said handle;
- and
- a strut channel socket being attached to said ratchet head, said strut channel socket including a shaft and a socket head being configured to engage a rotatable fastening structure, said socket head including two rounded sides and two flattened sides, said socket head having a diameter between said flattened sides smaller than a diameter between said rounded sides such that said socket head is insertable into a strut channel through a slot between two legs of the strut channel with said flattened sides oriented parallel to the legs of the strut channel.
A method of engaging a rotatable fastening structure in a strut channel, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a strut channel ratchet comprising:
- a handle;
- a ratchet head being attached to an end of said handle;
- and
- a strut channel socket being attached to said ratchet head, said strut channel socket including a shaft and a socket head being configured to engage a rotatable fastening structure, said socket head including two rounded sides and two flattened sides, said socket head having a diameter between said flattened sides smaller than a diameter between said rounded sides such that said socket head is insertable into a strut channel through a slot between two legs of the strut channel with said flattened sides oriented parallel to the legs of the strut channel;
- inserting said socket head into a strut channel through a slot between two legs of the strut channel with said flattened sides oriented parallel to the legs of the strut channel;
- engaging a rotatable fastening structure with said socket head;
- rotating and tightening said rotatable fastening structure;
- and
- selectively striking the strut channel with said strut channel socket to selectively level the strut channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.