Magnetized hand tools
OwnerNelson B. Alfaroinventor
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Abstract
The magnetized hand tools each include a sleeve of resilient material disposed over each handle or the base of the tool. One or more magnets are installed between the tool handle(s) and the resilient grip(s) covering the handle(s). Alternatively, the tool may have one or more magnets installed in the base, i.e., the drive attachment end, of a socket, with a sleeve being applied over the base of the socket to retain the magnet(s). The socket sleeve has a passage therethrough for the conventional square drive of the ratchet or other tool used to drive the socket. The magnets are recessed into the base of the socket to allow the overlying sleeve portion to lie immediately adjacent to the surface of the socket base, and may be inset into recesses in the tool handles and/or positively attached thereto for more positive retention.
Claims18
A magnetized hand tool, comprising:
- a tool having at least one sleeve attachment portion;
- a resilient sleeve removably and distensibly disposed about the sleeve attachment portion;
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- at least one magnet disposed between the sleeve attachment portion and the sleeve.
A magnetized hand tool and a storage plate therewith, comprising in combination:
- a tool having at least one sleeve attachment portion;
- a resilient sleeve removably and distensibly disposed about the sleeve attachment portion;
- at least one magnet disposed between the sleeve attachment portion and the sleeve;
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- a ferrous metal tool storage plate adapted for the magnetic retention of at least one magnetized hand tool thereon.
A method of magnetizing a hand tool for the convenient storage thereof, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a hand tool having at least one sleeve attachment portion;
- (b) removably installing a distensible sleeve over the sleeve attachment portion of the hand tool;
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- (c) installing at least one magnet between the sleeve attachment portion of the hand tool and the sleeve, thereby capturing the magnet between the sleeve attachment portion and the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.