Drive attachment for J-hook
First Claim
1. A one-piece drive attachment for a J-hook, said attachment including an open-ended sleeve of rectangular inside transverse cross-sectional shape, said sleeve being defined by a pair of laterally spaced apart, registered and parallel opposite side plate portions including two pairs of corresponding opposite side marginal edges and a pair of elongated, parallel spacer portions each disposed between, extending along and rigidly interconnecting a corresponding pair of said side marginal edges, said sleeve defining a major inside transverse dimension between said spacer portions and a minor transverse dimension between said plate portions, an elongated drive shank of a diameter substantially equal to said minor transverse inside dimension, one end of said drive shank being telescoped within one end of said sleeve between said plate portions and positioned against and paralleling the inner surface of one of said spacer portions, said drive shank being rigidly secured to said sleeve, the other end of said drive shank projecting endwise outwardly from said one end of said sleeve, said one end of said drive shank terminating inwardly of said one end of said sleeve a spaced distance outwardly of the longitudinal mid-point of said sleeve, the free end of said other end of said shank including means adapted to have a rotary torque input tool removably coupled thereto, the other end of said sleeve being adapted to have the hooked end of a threaded shank-equipped J-hook slidingly telescoped therein, the end of one of said plate portions remote from said one end of said sleeve terminating appreciably inwardly of the corresponding end of the other plate portion, whereby an appreciable end portion of the inner surface of said other plate portion is exposed from the side of said sleeve partially closed by said one plate portion and may be used as a guide surface for assisting the manual insertion of the hooked end of a J-hook into said other end of said sleeve, said other plate portion having a central opening formed therethrough registered with a central portion of said end of said one plate portion remote from said one end of said sleeve, said opening and central portion being engageable between the thumb and forefinger of the user'"'"'s hand to withdraw said sleeve from the hooked end of an installed J-hook, said one end of said drive shank comprising an abutment limiting telescoped engagement of the hooked end of a J-hook into said sleeve from said other end thereof, said one end of said drive shank terminating inwardly a spaced distance outward of said opening toward said one end of said sleeve.
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Abstract
A pair of laterally spaced apart, registered and parallel plates are provided including two pairs of corresponding opposite side marginal edges. A pair of elongated parallel spacer members each extend along and are secured between a corresponding pair of side marginal edges of the plates to define an open ended sleeve of rectangular cross section wherein the spacing between the spacer members defines a major transverse inside dimension and the spacing between the plates defines a minor transverse inside dimension of the sleeve. The sleeve is open at its opposite ends and one end portion of a drive shank having a diameter substantially equal to the minor dimension of the housing is secured in one end thereof between the plates and against and paralleling the inner surface of one of the spacer members. The other end portion of the drive shank projects endwise outwardly from the sleeve and includes a free end including structure for releasably coupling a rotary torque tool thereto. The end of the shank secured within the sleeve terminates inwardly of the sleeve a spaced distance outwardly of the longitudinal mid-point of the sleeve. When a J-hook has its hooked end telescoped within the end of the sleeve remote from the drive shank and abutted against the latter the drive shank is automatically aligned with the threaded shank of the J-hook.
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- 1. A one-piece drive attachment for a J-hook, said attachment including an open-ended sleeve of rectangular inside transverse cross-sectional shape, said sleeve being defined by a pair of laterally spaced apart, registered and parallel opposite side plate portions including two pairs of corresponding opposite side marginal edges and a pair of elongated, parallel spacer portions each disposed between, extending along and rigidly interconnecting a corresponding pair of said side marginal edges, said sleeve defining a major inside transverse dimension between said spacer portions and a minor transverse dimension between said plate portions, an elongated drive shank of a diameter substantially equal to said minor transverse inside dimension, one end of said drive shank being telescoped within one end of said sleeve between said plate portions and positioned against and paralleling the inner surface of one of said spacer portions, said drive shank being rigidly secured to said sleeve, the other end of said drive shank projecting endwise outwardly from said one end of said sleeve, said one end of said drive shank terminating inwardly of said one end of said sleeve a spaced distance outwardly of the longitudinal mid-point of said sleeve, the free end of said other end of said shank including means adapted to have a rotary torque input tool removably coupled thereto, the other end of said sleeve being adapted to have the hooked end of a threaded shank-equipped J-hook slidingly telescoped therein, the end of one of said plate portions remote from said one end of said sleeve terminating appreciably inwardly of the corresponding end of the other plate portion, whereby an appreciable end portion of the inner surface of said other plate portion is exposed from the side of said sleeve partially closed by said one plate portion and may be used as a guide surface for assisting the manual insertion of the hooked end of a J-hook into said other end of said sleeve, said other plate portion having a central opening formed therethrough registered with a central portion of said end of said one plate portion remote from said one end of said sleeve, said opening and central portion being engageable between the thumb and forefinger of the user'"'"'s hand to withdraw said sleeve from the hooked end of an installed J-hook, said one end of said drive shank comprising an abutment limiting telescoped engagement of the hooked end of a J-hook into said sleeve from said other end thereof, said one end of said drive shank terminating inwardly a spaced distance outward of said opening toward said one end of said sleeve.
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