Socket wrench
AssigneeLitton Industrial Products, Inc.
InventorsJohn P. Chrichton, John M. Trebel, George W. Cuff, David H. Goodwin, Edward D. Levy
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Abstract
A socket wrench comprises a ratchet head which is removably held in an aperture in the forward end of a ratchet handle. A knurled drive ring allows the ratchet head to be used when detached from the handle and the handle itself is hollow and receives a tray which is dimensioned to hold a plurality of sockets. Access to the sockets is obtained by withdrawing the tray from the handle.
Claims8
In a socket wrench comprising a handle and a driving stud which is adapted to receive a selected one of a set of sockets, the combination comprising:
- a grip and a frame comprising said handle, the driving stud being mounted on said frame,
- a bore formed along the length of the handle,
- an elongated tray dimensioned to hold a plurality of stud mating sockets and adapted for a sliding fit within the bore,
- a plurality of compartments formed in said tray, each compartment having an open top and being sized to receive an individual socket,
- lip means surmounting said open top for preventing accidential removal of a socket from said compartments, and
- friction means for releasably securing said elongated tray in said bore.
A socket wrench comprising:
- ratchet head means having a selectively dimensioned driving stud for matingly receiving any one of a selected set of sockets thereon,
- elongated handle means comprising a hollow grip being open at one end,
- means for securing said ratchet head means to one end of said handle means, and
- an elongated tray comprising a plurality of selectively dimensioned aligned compartments for storing individual sockets, said elongated tray being slidably insertable into the open end of said grip,
- lip means integrally formed in said handle tray at each compartment for releasably securing each socket of said selected set of sockets axially aligned with one another in said compartments,
- friction means for releasably securing said tray within said hollow grip, and
- frame means extending from said grip opposite said open end for securing said ratchet head means thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.