Adjustable leverage tool

• US 3,156,143 A
• Filed: 07/16/1962
• Issued: 11/10/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert S. Wolf
• Original Assignee: Robert S. Wolf
• Inventors: Wolf, Robert S.
• Application Number:
  US04/209,984
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• US Class Current: 81/177.6
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/005 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners with additional levers, e.g. for increasing torque

Claims

1. AN ADJUSTABLE LEVERAGE TOOL COMPRISING A MAIN LSHAPED TOOL, SAID TOOL INCLUDING AN ELONGATED HANDLE, A HEAD DEPENDING FROM ONE END OF SAID HANDLE IN PERPENDICULAR RELATIONSHIP TO SAID HANDLE, AN EXTENSION HANDLE, MEANS FOR PIVOTABLY SECURING SAID EXTENSION HANDLE TO SAID ELONGATED TOOL HANDLE ADJACENT SAID HEAD, SAID EXTENSION HANDLE HAVING A SLOT THEREIN FOR NESTING SAID TOOL HANDLE WITHIN SAID EXTENSION HANDLE WHEN SAID HANDLES ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF SAID TOOL HEAD, SAID EXTENSION HANDLE BEING PIVOTABLE FROM SAID NESTED POSITION TO A POSITION DISPLACED 180 DEGREES THEREFROM, SAID EXTENSION HANDLE PROJECTING BEYOND SAID TOOL HEAD WHEN IT IS DISPLACED 180 DEGREES FROM SAID NESTED POSITION, AND STOP MEANS ON SAID TOOL HEAD FOR LIMITING THE DISPLACEMENT OF SAID EXTENSION HANDLE TO 180 DEGREES FROM SAID NESTED POSITION.