Tool for truck operators

• US 4,050,107 A
• Filed: 04/30/1976
• Issued: 09/27/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John Parma
• Original Assignee: John N. Parma
• Inventors: Parma, John N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Jr., James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Parker, Roscoe V.
• Application Number:
  US05/682,142
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 7/1 G, 7/8, 7/1 R, 7/9, 7/1 E, 81/177 A, 254/131, 294/24, 294/19, 33/126.7 R
• US Class Current: 7/100
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/00 Combination or multi-purpose hand tools associations of tools for different working operations with one portable power-drive means B25F3/00; combined stapling and punching tools B25C5/0214
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/04 wherein the elements are brought into working positions by a pivoting or sliding movement
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 23/04 by dip members, e.g. dip-sticks

Abstract

A combination tool particularly adapted for use by operators of semi-trailer trucks. The tool includes an elongate hollow body of rigid material having a pivoted handle or bail on one end and a weight at the other end circumjacent the body. An axially slidable hook protrudes from the weighted end for use in operation of a fifth wheel hitch when extended. An extensible graduated depth gauge is telescopically positioned within the body at the handle end which, when extended, is a depth-type fuel gauge for checking fuel depth in truck tanks. The pivoted handle may be swung away from its axial position to permit extension of the depth gauge and a secondary tool grip is provided circumjacent the body of the tool at the handle end thereof.

Claims

1. A combination tool for truck operators comprising in combination an elongate tubular rigid body, a pivoted handle at one end extending transversely normal to the axis of said body and movable from a position across said extended axis to either side thereof, a telescoping graduated depth gauge positioned on said rigid body at the handle end thereof and movable from a retracted position within said pivoted handle to an extended position beyond said pivoted handle when said pivoted handle has been pivoted to either side of said body axis, a second fixed handle circumjacent said one end of said body, a coaxially positioned cylindrical weight circumjacent said body at the other end thereof, and an extensible hook secured at said other end movable from a recessed position within said body and its cylindrical weight to an extended position axially outward from said other end of said body.