Wing nut driver
OwnerKeith A. Makovsky, Joseph J. Kavanaghinventors
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Abstract
A socket for driving a wing nut or the like comprises a cylindrical housing having a bore at one end for receiving the wing nut therein. A port at the opposed end of the housing receives the end of a shank of a driving tool such as a ratchet or the like. First and second pairs of radially offset slots are positioned within the housing and about the bore, the slots having relatively different widths and/or lengths. Upon insertion of a wing nut within the bore, the wings thereof extend through the opposed slots of a pair of slots. The relatively-sized widths and/or lengths of the first and second pairs of slots enable a wide range of wing nuts to be driven by one socket.
Claims3
A socket for driving a wing nut, the wing nut having a bolt-engaging head with first and second opposed wings extending from the head, said socket comprising:
- a housing having first and second opposed ends;
- a bore extending through said housing and presenting an aperture at said first housing end, said bore surrounded by said housing;
- a port at said second opposed end of said housing for receiving a shank end of a socket driver therein;
- a first pair of opposed slots in said housing and along said bore, said first pair of slots being at opposed ends of an imaginary diameter normally passing through an imaginary vertical centerline of said bore, each of said first pair of slots comprising:
- a pair of walls extending from said first housing end and towards said second housing end, said walls spaced apart at a distance adapted for a friction fit of a wing of a first wing nut therebetween upon insertion of a bolt engaging head of the first wing nut into said bore;
- a second pair of opposed slots in said housing and along said bore, said second pair of slots being at opposed ends of a second imaginary diameter normally passing through an imaginary vertical centerline of said housing, each of said second pair of slots comprising:
- a pair of walls extending from said first housing end and towards said second housing end, said walls having a length greater than said walls of said first pair of slots and spaced apart at a greater distance than said walls of said first pair of slots, said walls of said second pair of slots adapted for a friction fit of a wing of a larger second wing nut therebetween upon insertion of a bolt engaging head of the second wing nut into said bore;
- a wall separating said port and said bore, said bore adapted to receive the bolt-engaging head of the first or second wing nut therein with the wings of the respective wing nut extending through said slots of said first or second pairs of slots, said wings engaging the respective walls of said respective slots in said friction fit to retain the wing nut within the bore prior to engagement of the head of the wing nut with a bolt.
A socket for driving a wing nut, the wing nut having a bolt-engaging head with first and second wings extending from the head, said socket comprising:
- a housing having first and second opposed ends;
- a bore extending through said housing and presenting an aperture at said first housing end, said bore surrounded by said housing;
- a port at said second opposed end of said housing for receiving a shank of a socket driver therein;
- a first pair of first and second opposed slots of a first width and length in said housing and along said bore;
- a second pair of third and fourth opposed slots in said housing and along said bore, said third and fourth opposed slots of a second different width and length relative to said width and length of said first and second slots in said housing, said bore configured to receive a bolt-engaging head of first or second relatively sized wing nuts therein with each pair of said opposed slots configured to receive first and second wings of one of the wing nuts in respective extension through said opposed slots, the wings retained within said opposed slots prior to engagement of one of the wing nuts with a bolt by means of a friction fit engagement therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.