Multi-purpose vehicle tool
AssigneeS & G Tool Aid Corp.
InventorMichael W. Zak
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a multi-purpose tool for use in connection with vehicle adjustments and repairs when it is required, in the course of repair or maintenance work, that the steering wheel, brake pedal or accelerator pedal (or clutch pedal, if present) be placed and retained in a particular position while appropriate work is performed. The tool comprises a plurality of parts selectively assemblable to carry out the desired one of a number of possible procedures.
Claims10
A multi-purpose vehicle repair tool for a vehicle having a front seat, a steering.wheel and an accelerator or similar pedal comprising a first element adapted to engage the front seat of a vehicle and having an aperture therethrough, a second longitudinally extending element one end of which is slidably adjustably receivable in said aperture and having an end remote from said first element with a socket formed thereon and, selectively in combination therewith, third and fourth elements for engaging the accelerator or similar pedal and the steering wheel of said vehicle respectively, each of said third and fourth elements having adjacent one end a part removably receivable in the socket of said second element and having adjacent its other end means for engaging the accelerator or similar pedal and steering wheel, respectively, of said vehicle.
A vehicle repair tool comprising a flat element adapted to be pressed against the seat cushion of a vehicle and having a portion projecting therebeyond, the thus projecting portion having an aperture therethrough, an elongated second element one end of which is slidably receivable through said aperture and adapted to engage an edge of said aperture so that the position of said second element relative to said first element can roughly be adjusted and fixed, thereby to provide rough adjustment of the overall length of said tool, said second element having a socket remote from said first element, and a third element comprising first and second relatively axially moveable parts, thereby to provide fine adjustment of the overall length of said tool, the first of said parts having an element removably receivable in said socket of said second part, the second of said parts carrying, remote from said first part, means for engaging a vehicle pedal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.