Tubular tool for removing, installing and storing of auto lug nuts

A tool for removing, installing and storing automobile lug nuts comprising:

• (a) an elongated tubular body having a hollow cavity, said body having at least one open end that extends into said cavity, said cavity having a diameter that is able to accept said lug nuts and having a length able to store a plurality of said nuts in an end to end fashion, said open end having a hexagonal shape to engage said lug nuts, said body having a slot parallel to a longitudinal axis of said body, said slot extending into said cavity, said body having at least one protruding flange affixed to said body at an end opposite said one end, said at least one flange having a flat, round surface;
• (b) a means for pushing said lug nuts from said cavity through said open end, said means comprising a pushing mechanism and a piston slidable on said body and interconnected by a threaded rod slidable in said slot, said piston able to push said lug nuts out of said body;
• (c) two handles rotatably attached at one end to said body, at least one of said handles having a wedge tip at an end opposite to said one end of said at least one handle, said one end of said handles having a flat, round face engaging said flat, round surface of said at least one flange;
• (d) a means of gauging the number of nuts within said body comprising a plurality of grooves adjacent to said slot on an outer surface of said body, the grooves are spaced an equal distance apart along the longitudinal axis, said distance is equal to a height of a lug nut.