Tool set with slide-out and swing-out tools

• US 3,943,801 A
• Filed: 02/24/1975
• Issued: 03/16/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Harmon P. Yates
• Original Assignee: Harmon P. Yates
• Inventors: Yates, Harmon P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Jr., James L.
• Application Number:
  US05/552,697
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 81/71, 81/177 R
• US Class Current: 81/440
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/56 Spanner sets

Abstract

A tool set including a plurality of tools each having a pair of integrally connected elongate shanks disposed at an angle relative to each other and an elongate tool-holding body having a channel open along one of its longitudinal sides and at one of its ends for storing the tools therein with one shank of each tool supported on the base of the channel. A pivot member extending laterally of the channel and spaced outwardly from the base of the channel overlies the shanks of the tools in the channel. A tool is slidable longitudinally of the body to shift one tool shank outwardly to expose a working part thereon and the pivot member permits swinging of the other tool shank outwardly to expose a working part thereon. A frictional, shank-engaging clip engages the shanks of the tools in the channel to hold them either in stored or selected working positions relative to the body. The tools decrease in cross-sectional dimensions progressing from one to the other laterally of the channel. The base of the channel and the overlying pivot member converge on progressing laterally of the channel to produce a selected sliding fit with the tools, also serving to inhibit rotation of the tools about axes extending longitudinally of the holding body.

Claims

1. A tool set comprising

a plurality of tools, each having a pair of integrally connected, elongate shanks disposed at a substantial angle relative to each other, with each shank having a working part at its outer end,

an elongate tool-holding body having an elongate shank support member extending longitudinally of said body for receiving said tools and permitting manual shifting of a tool therein between a stored position held adjacent the other tools in said set with a shank thereof adjacent and extending longitudinally of said tool-holding body with one elongate side of the tool shank against said support member, a first working position shifted longitudinally of said body whereby one of said shanks of the tool is spaced from the body with its associated working part exposed, and a second working position wherein the other shank of said tool is shifted outwardly from said body and from said other tools to expose its associated working part, and

holding means in said body for holding a tool in a selected position comprising a pivot member secured to said body and spaced outwardly from said shank support member, about which pivot member said tool is swingable to place said tool in its second operating position with said other tool shank extending outwardly from said shank support member and its one shank captured between said pivot member and shank support member.

2. The tool set of claim 1, wherein said holding means further comprises means for engaging and securing said one shank against shifting laterally of said body when said other tool shank extends outwardly from said shank support member.

3. A tool set comprising

a plurality of tools, each having a pair of integrally connected, elongate shanks disposed at a substantial angle relative to each other, with each shank having a working part at its outer end,

an elongate tool-holding body having an elongate channel defined therein extending longitudinally of said body, said channel having an elongate base with a longitudinal side of said channel opposite said base being open, said channel receiving said tools and permitting manual shifting of a tool therein between a stored position held adjacent the other tools in said set with a shank thereof adjacent and extending longitudinally of said tool-holding body and the other shank of the tool extending outwardly from said base through said open side of the channel, a first working position shifted longitudinally of said body whereby one of said shanks of the tool is spaced from the body with its associated working part exposed, and a second working position wherein the other shank of said tool is shifted outwardly from said body and from said other tools to expose its associated working part, and

a pivot member secured to said body, extending laterally of said channel, spaced outwardly from said base and overlying one shank of a tool in said channel when the tool is in its stored position, said pivot member providing a pivot about which a tool may be swung to place the tool in its second working position with its said other shank extending outwardly at a substantial angle from said channel with its one shank being captured between said pivot member and the base of said channel.

4. The tool set of claim 3, which further comprises means in said channel for frictionally engaging and holding said other tool shank when said tool is in its second working position.

5. The tool set of claim 3, wherein one set of shanks of said tools are held in side-by-side, substantially parallel relationship in said channel between said base and pivot member when in their stored positions, said shanks of the tools in said set have cross-sectional dimensions which decrease progressively from one tool to the next upon progressing in one direction laterally of said channel, and said base and pivot member converge on progressing in said one direction to maintain a substantially preselected sliding fit between said tools and the base and pivot member.

6. The tool set of claim 3, which further comprises stop means for inhibiting removal of said tools from said body.

7. The tool set of claim 3, which further comprises a second channel in said body extending substantially parallel to said first-mentioned channel and opening in a direction opposite said first-mentioned channel, a second plurality of tools having angularly disposed shanks, and second holding means for holding said second set of tools in stored positions in said second channel with one set of their shanks extending substantially parallel to the base of said second channel and their other set of shanks projecting outwardly from the channel in a direction opposite the projection of said shanks in said first-mentioned set of tools.

8. The tool set of claim 7, which further comprises a second pivot member extending laterally of said second channel, spaced outwardly from the base of said second channel and overlying one shank of a tool in said second channel when the tool is in its stored position and providing a pivot about which such tool may swing to place the same in a working position with its said one shank extending outwardly at a substantial angle from said second channel with its other shank captured between said second pivot member and the base of said second channel.

9. The tool set of claim 8, which further comprises means in said second channel for frictionally engaging and holding the other shank of a tool in said second channel when said tool is in its said working position.

10. The tool set of claim 8, wherein said first and second pivot members extend substantially parallel to each other laterally of the tool-holding body, and which further comprises an elongate shank support member disposed intermediate said first and second pivot members and extending longitudinally of said body defining the bases for said first and second channels, said shank support member on progressing in one direction laterally of said tool-holding body converging on said first pivot member and diverging from said second pivot member.

11. A tool set comprising

a plurality of tools, each having a pair of integrally connected, elongate shanks disposed at a substantial angle relative to each other with each shank having a working part at its outer end,

an elongate tool-holding body including means defining an elongate channel extending longitudinally thereof, said channel having an elongate base and an open side extending longitudinally of said channel opposite said base for receiving tools in stored positions with one shank of each tool adjacent and substantially paralleling the base of the channel and the other shank of each tool extending outwardly from said base through said open side of the channel, and permitting shifting of a tool between said stored position, a first working position shifted longitudinally of said body whereby said other shank portion of the tool is spaced from the body with its associated working part exposed, and a second working position wherein said one shank portion of the tool is shifted outwardly from said body and said other tools to expose its associated working part, and

holding means in said body for holding a tool in a selected position, said holding means comprising a pivot member secured to said body, extending laterally of said channel, spaced outwardly from said base and overlying one shank of a tool in said channel when the tool is in its stored position and providing a pivot about which the tool may be swung to place the tool in its second working position with its said one shank extending outwardly at a substantial angle from said channel and its other shank captured between said pivot member and the base of said channel, and means frictionally engaging a tool shank in said channel yieldably to hold the same in a selected position in said channel.

12. The tool set of claim 11, wherein said means frictionally engaging a tool shank comprises means for engaging opposed sides of a tool shank facing laterally of said channel to inhibit shifting of the tool shank laterally of said channel.

13. The tool set of claim 12, wherein a tool shank has a plurality of angularly disposed, substantially planar sides extending longitudinally of the shank and said holding means comprises means for engaging a pair of opposed sides of a tool shank and holding said tool shank against rotation about a pivot axis extending longitudinally of said tool-holding body.