Allen wrench holder

• US 4,043,230 A
• Filed: 03/08/1976
• Issued: 08/23/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
• Original Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
• Inventors: Scrivens, Eugene G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Al Lawrence
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, James G.
• Application Number:
  US05/665,044
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 81/57.5, 81/71, 81/177 R, 81/177 A, 81/177 E, 81/177 M, 279/9 R
• US Class Current: 81/177.2
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/56 Spanner sets

Abstract

A holder for retaining individual hexagonal wrenches of a set of the type known as Allen wrenches. The holder is in the form of a cylindrical member fitted with a plurality of through parallel transverse wrench holes, each wrench hole of the size to retain a specific size wrench. A set screw is individually threaded in a hole intersecting and transverse to each wrench hole for tightening about a wrench in the wrench hole. A cap member is fixed to one end of the cylindrical member by a pair of flush mounted cap screws, with the holder fitted with a shaped recess open to the capped end of the cylindrical member for retention of small wrenches.

Claims

1. A holder for retention of hexagonal section L-shaped wrenches comprising

a body member formed with a plurality of parallel through holes, each of a different cross-section from the others, with the center of each hole located substantially along a straight line, with positive fastening means for individual retention in each hole of a hexagonal wrench, in which the positive fastening means comprise a screw mounted in a threaded hole that intersects and is transverse to the axis of the through hole,

said body member fitted with a shaped internal recess, open at one end of the body member, together with a solid cap mounted by two cap screws to said end so as to serve as a closure for said recess, said cap screws each located a distance from the longtudinal axis of the body member, so that removal of one screw permits the cap to pivot about the other screw so as to uncover said recess, with said recess of non-circular cross-section, and of a length and cross-section to retain a bent L-shaped hexagonal wrench of a size smaller than that accommodated by the through holes of the body.