Socket wrench adapter

• US 5,568,757 A
• Filed: 01/03/1995
• Issued: 10/29/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kenneth J. Lewis
• Original Assignee: Kenneth J. Lewis
• Inventors: Lewis, Kenneth J.
• Primary Examiner(s): MEISLIN, DEBRA S
• Application Number:
  US08/367,831
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 81/177.1, 81/177.2, 81/177.85
• US Class Current: 81/177.2
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 15/001 characterised by material or shape of the tool bit
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 23/0021 Prolongations interposed between handle and tool

Abstract

A socket wrench adapter having a first end and a second end in axial and opposing alignment as a unitary structure, the first end having a square projection of a size to fit into a matching hole in a socket wrench for the purpose of transmitting a turning force to the socket wrench, and the second end having a projection with a polygonal bore and a polygonal exterior surface is described. The adapter is useful as a means for applying a turning force to a socket wrench when a normally used ratchet crank cannot be used.

Claims

1. A unitary socket wrench adapter comprising a first end portion and a second end portion in axial and opposing alignment to form a unitary body, said first end and second end portions concentrically aligned along the axis, with all the parts of the unitary body in fixed position relative to each other,

said first end portion having a four-sided projection, one of which sides contains a detent, said projection operable for insertion into a socket wrench for applying turning force thereto,

said second end portion having a hexagonal projection containing a four-sided bore extending therein to a depth suitable for receiving a crank, the sides of said four-sided bore being parallel to the sides of the said hexagonal projection,

said hexagonal projection of the second end portion operable to receive the cranking force of a wrench applied to the external surface thereof,

further characterized by an extender section between the first end portion and the second end portion and by a flared circumference where the extender section connects with the said first end portion,

and further characterized by a square section in concentric axial alignment on the extender section where the extender section connects to the second end portion.