Quick spin holder for tools and accessories
AssigneePython Safety, Inc.
InventorsLouis Kish, William Mathews
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Abstract
A holder adapted to be attached to a tether to help retrieve a dropped tool or prevent a dropped tool from being lost or forgotten during use where the holder has a hollow member with an open end and a closed end and is adapted to frictionally hold a non-working end of a tool in the hollow member. The closed end of the hollow member has a centrally located opening within which is located a cylindrical member which is connected at one end to a shoulder connector and is coupled, either directly or indirectly, to an attachment means at its other end. The cylindrical member can be either fixed or rotatably coupled to the opening in the hollow member and the attachment means is configured to be attached to an end of a tether.
Claims16
A holder adapted to be attached to a tether to help retrieve a dropped tool or prevent a dropped tool from being lost or forgotten during use, the holder comprising:
- a cylindrical hollow member made of a yieldable flexible material, having an open end and a closed end adapted to receive a non-working end of a tool which is inserted into the open end of the cylindrical hollow member, wherein a wall of the cylindrical hollow member conforms to the shape of the non-working end of the tool and frictionally engages and grips the non-working end of the tool located in the cylindrical hollow member;
- a centrally located opening in the closed end of the cylindrical hollow member;
- a shoulder connector having:
- a lower disk shaped member;
- an upper disk shaped member;
- and
- a cylindrical member located between and connected to the lower and upper disk shaped members and located in the centrally located opening in the closed end of the hollow member;
- and
- attachment means coupled to the cylindrical member;
- wherein the attachment means is configured to be attached to an end of a tether.
A method of preventing a dropped tool from being lost or forgotten during use comprising:
- providing a cylindrical hollow member made of a yieldable flexible material, having an open end and a closed end adapted to receive a non-working end of a tool located in the open end of the cylindrical hollow member;
- locating an opening in the center of the closed end of the cylindrical hollow member, wherein a wall of the cylindrical hollow member conforms to the shape of the non-working end of the tool and frictionally engages and grips the non-working end of the tool located in the cylindrical hollow member;
- providing a shoulder connector having:
- a lower disk shaped member;
- an upper disk shaped member;
- and
- a cylindrical member located between and connected to the lower and upper disk shaped members and located in the opening in the closed end of the cylindrical hollow member;
- and
- connecting an attachment means to the cylindrical member;
- wherein the attachment means is configured to be attached to an end of a tether.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.