Tool handle having tool members receiving structure

• US 6,164,172 A
• Filed: 02/03/1999
• Issued: 12/26/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yung Hsu Huang
• Original Assignee: Yung Hsu Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Yung Hsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, James G.
• Application Number:
  US09/243,596
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 81/177.4, 81/437, 81/439, 81/490, 7/165
• US Class Current: 81/490
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 11/002 Magnetic work holders
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/5091 for operating on wing nuts, hooks, eye hooks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 15/02 operated by rotating the handle
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 9/00 Hand-held gripping tools other than those covered by group B25B7/00 wrenches B25B13/00; specially adapted for watchmakers' or like use G04D
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/085 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners

Abstract

A tool includes a handle having one or more orifices formed in one end for receiving tool members and having a peripheral groove communicating with the orifices for allowing the users to view and to obtain the required the tool member. The handle includes one or more chambers and one or more cavities communicating with each other for receiving tool members. A driving stem is secured to the handle for driving the tool members. A telescopic tube is further engaged in the handle and has a magnet extendible to attract the tool members. A door may enclose the chamber of the handle.

Claims

1. A tool comprising:

a handle including a first end having at least one orifice formed therein for receiving a tool member and having a peripheral groove formed therein and communicating with said at least one orifice for allowing a user to view the tool member, said handle including a second end and including a middle portion having at least one chamber formed therein and having at least one cavity formed therein and communicating with said at least one chamber for receiving another tool member, and

a driving stem secured to said first end of said handle for driving the tool members.

2. The tool according to claim 1, wherein said handle further includes an aperture formed in said first end of said handle, and a telescopic tube engaged in said aperture of said handle and having a magnet extendible outward of said handle for attracting the tool members.

3. The tool according to claim 2, wherein said aperture is communicated with said peripheral groove of said handle.

4. The tool according to claim 1 further comprising at least one door detachably attached to said handle for enclosing said at least one chamber of said handle.

5. The tool according to claim 4, wherein said handle includes at least one pair of channels formed therein for slidably receiving said at least one door and for allowing said at least one door to be detachably attached to said handle.

6. The tool according to claim 1, wherein said second end of said handle includes a T-shaped depression formed therein for engaging with and for driving a further tool member.

7. The tool according to claim 1, wherein said handle includes a triangle cross section.

8. A tool comprising:

a handle including a triangular cross section and including a first end having at least one orifice formed therein for receiving a tool member and having a peripheral groove formed therein and communicating with said at least one orifice for allowing a user to view the tool member, said handle including a second end and including a middle portion having at least one chamber formed therein and having at least one cavity formed therein and communicating with said at least one chamber for receiving another tool member, said handle including at least one pair of channels formed therein and including an aperture formed in said first end thereof and communicated with said peripheral groove of said handle, said second end of said handle including a T-shaped depression formed therein for engaging with and for driving a further tool member,

a telescopic tube engaged in said aperture of said handle and having a magnet extendible outward of said handle for attracting the tool members,

a driving stem secured to said first end of said handle for driving the tool members, and

at least one door slidably engaged with said at least one pair of channels of said handle and detachably attached to said handle for enclosing said at least one chamber of said handle.