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US 5,852,862 AGranted
Hinge and window tool system
OwnerLarry S. Claytoninventor
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Abstract
A hinge and window tool system including a handle, a first combined hinge pin removal and window break head detachably attachable to the handle, a second combined hinge pin removal and window break head detachably attachable to the handle, and a two ended screw driver member detachably attachable to the handle.
Claims18
A hinge and window tool system comprising:
- a handle having a threaded outer end and a faceted socket cavity having a spring loaded screw driver shaft retaining mechanism, said screw driver shaft retaining mechanism including a spring loaded retaining bearing mounted on a user depressible release button member;
- a first combined hinge pin removal and window break head having a first attachment aperture companionately threaded to screw onto said threaded outer end of said handle, said first combined hinge pin removal and window break head including a first claw side including two first claw members spaced a first distance apart, each first claw member having a first beveled outwardly facing edge of a first edge length, a first claw anvil side positioned opposite said first claw side including a planar hammer strike surface, a first window break side having a first beveled outwardly facing break edge of a first break edge length formed along said entire length thereof, and a first window break anvil side positioned opposite said first window break side including a planar hammer strike surface;
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- a two ended screw driver member having a first screw driver end and a second screw driver end formed at either end of a faceted screw driver shaft, said faceted screw driver shaft having a first circumferential locking bearing groove adjacent to said first screw driver end and a second circumferential locking bearing groove adjacent to said second screw driver end, said first and second circumferential locking bearing grooves being sized and positioned along said faceted screw driver shaft in a manner such that when said first screw driver end is positioned within said faceted socket cavity said spring loaded retaining bearing is urged into and held within said first circumferential locking bearing groove and when said second screw driver end is positioned within said faceted socket cavity said spring loaded retaining bearing is urged into and held within said second circumferential locking bearing groove, said spring loaded retaining bearing maintaining said screwdriver shaft in connection with said handle when held within said first and second circumferential locking bearing grooves until said release button of said depressible release button member is depressed by a user.
1 more element
The hinge and window tool system of claim 15 wherein:
- said faceted screw driver shaft has an octagonal cross-sectional shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.