Anchored and screw assisted wrench tool

A lug nut turning tool comprising:

• a wrench portion, an anchor portion, and a detachable wrench puller;
• the wrench portion comprising a straight elongated member of circular cross-section, having a first axis, a top end, and a bottom end, having affixed at its bottom end a socket drive and having affixed at its top end a wrench arm, the wrench arm having a proximal and a distal end, the wrench arm being fixed by its proximal end to the top end of the member and extending outward from the member substantially at right angles to the first axis;
• the anchor portion comprising a straight elongated tube of circular inside cross-section, the tube having a second axis, an upper end, and a lower end, and having fixed to its lower end an elongate planar anchor guide, the guide having an inner end and an outer end, the inner end fixed to the lower end of the tube and its plane being perpendicular to the second axis, and the guide being slotted along its centerline, an anchor socket pin extending through the slot, and slidable within the slot in the plane of the anchor guide, the socket pin further comprising means to retain it vertically within the slot, a downward-facing anchor socket drive affixed to the bottom of the socket pin, and an anchor arm having a near end and a far end, the anchor arm being affixed by its near end to the upper end of the tube and extending outward from the tube substantially at right angles to the second axis;
• the wrench portion slidingly fitted within, and having a common axis with, the anchor portion,
• the lengths of the wrench arm and the anchor arm being substantially equal;
• the wrench arm and the anchor arm being bent so that the distal end of the wrench arm and the far end of the anchor arm lie in a plane perpendicular to the common axis;
• the wrench puller comprising a first talon and a second talon rotatably engaged to a screw, the talons being shaped with engagement means on their outer surfaces to engage the distal wrench arm end and the far anchor arm end, irrespectively;
• the screw comprising a threaded rod with a hand crank on one rod end and, on the other rod end, a short smooth cylindrical axle and a talon retaining means;
• the first talon comprising a block tapped with a threaded bore to fit the threads on the rod and screwed onto the rod;
• the second talon comprising a block with a smooth bore sized to fit the axle, positioned on the axle, and prevented from sliding off the axle by the talon retaining means.

A tool for turning a lug nut on a wheel having a hub and a rim and plural lug nuts disposed in the annular space between the hub and the rim, comprising:

• elongated hollow shaft of circular cross-section, having an inner wall, an axis, a top end, and a bottom end, slidingly fitted within, and concentric to, an elongated anchor tube of circular inside cross-section having an upper end and a lower end;
• a helical gear rigidly fixed concentrically to the top end of the hollow shaft at right angles to the axis;
• a bearing support rigidly fixed to the outer surface of the top end of the anchor tube, the bearing support comprising a worm gear bearing, a worm gear set in the bearing, the support being of a length and the bearing being at an orientation so as to bring the teeth of the worm gear into engagement with the helical gear teeth;
• a hand crank fixedly attached to one end of the worm gear;
• a first socket drive fixedly attached to the lower end of the hollow shaft, to which a socket may be attached to engage a first lug nut to be turned;
• a rigid anchor piece attached to the outer surface of the bottom end of the anchor tube, the piece being curved so as to fit in the annular space between the wheel hub and the wheel rim and lying in a plane perpendicular to the common axis;
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• a second socket drive slidably attached to the anchor piece in parallel orientation to the first socket drive, to which a socket may be affixed to engage a second anchoring lug nut to prevent rotation of the anchor tube relative to the wheel.