Tool kit having a wrench for fastening tool-mounting bolts

• US 6,601,481 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2001
• Issued: 08/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Louis Chuang
• Original Assignee: Louis Chuang
• Inventors: Chuang, Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): MEISLIN, DEBRA S
• Application Number:
  US09/975,462
• Publication Number:
  US 20030066396A1
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 814/37--40, 811/774, 811/801, 811/84, 814/90, 716/8
• US Class Current: 81/440
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/56 Spanner sets
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 15/008 Allen-type keys
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/04 wherein the elements are brought into working positions by a pivoting or sliding movement
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/085 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners

Abstract

A tool kit includes a body having at least one compartment, at least one tool-mounting bolt mounted to the body, and at least one set of tools rotatably mounted to the tool-mounting tool. The set of tools is received in the compartment when not in use. A wrench is detachably mounted to the body for adjusting tightness of the tool-mounting bolt.

Claims

1. A tool kit comprising:

a body comprising at least one compartment;

at least one tool-mounting bolt mounted to the body, with the tool-mounting bolt including a wrench engaging surface;

at least one set of tools rotatably mounted to said at least one tool-mounting bolt, said at least one set of tools being received in said at least one compartment when not in use; and

a wrench having an engagement portion for engaging with the wrench engaging surface of the tool-mounting bolt, with the wrench being detachably mounted to the body while the at least one set of tools are mounted to said at least one tool-mounting bolt, with the wrench being detachable from the body for adjusting tightness of said at least one tool-mounting bolt and being mounted to the body for carriage, wherein the body comprises a slot through which a portion of the wrench extends, the portion of the wrench being retained in place by friction between a surface of the portion of the wrench and a peripheral wall defining the slot.

2. The tool kit as claimed in claim 1, with the wrench being detachably mounted to the body independent of said at least one set of tools.

3. A tool kit comprising:

a body comprising at least one compartment;

at least one tool-mounting bolt mounted to the body, with the tool-mounting bolt including a wrench engaging surface;

at least one set of tools rotatably mounted to said at least one tool-mounting bolt, said at least one set of tools being received in said at least one compartment when not in use; and

a wrench having an engagement portion for engaging with the wrench engaging surface of the tool-mounting bolt, with the wrench being detachably mounted to the body while the at least one set of tools are mounted to said at least one tool-mounting bolt, with the wrench being detachable from the body for adjusting tightness of said at least one tool-mounting bolt and being mounted to the body for carriage, wherein the body comprises a slot through which a portion of the wrench extends, two retaining members being provided on the body and respectively located adjacent to two ends of the slot, the retaining members releasably holding the portion of the wrench.

4. The tool kit as claimed in claim 3, with the wrench being detachably mounted to the body independent of said at least one set of tools.

5. A tool kit comprising:

a body comprising two side walls and a separation wall extending between the side walls to thereby divide a space between the side walls into two compartments, each of the side walls having a first end and a second end;

two tool-mounting bolts respectively mounted to the first ends of the side walls and the second ends of the side walls, with each of the two tool-mounting bolts including a wrench engaging surface;

a set of tools being rotatably mounted to each of the tool-mounting bolts, each said set of tools being received in an associated one of the compartments when not in use; and

a wrench having an engagement portion for engaging with the wrench engaging surface of the tool-mounting bolts, with the wrench being detachably mounted to the body while each set of tools are mounted to the tool-mounting bolt, with the wrench being detachable from the body for adjusting tightness of the tool-mounting bolts and being mounted to the body for carriage.

6. The tool kit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the separation wall comprises a slot through which a portion of the wrench extends, the portion of the wrench being retained in place by friction between a surface of the portion of the wrench and a peripheral wall defining the slot.

7. The tool kit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the separation wall comprises a slot through which a portion of the wrench extends, further comprising at least one retaining member for releasably holding the portion of the wrench.

8. The tool kit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the separation wall comprises a slot through which a portion of the wrench extends, two retaining members being provided on the body and respectively located adjacent to two ends of the slot, the retaining members releasably holding the portion of the wrench.

9. The tool kit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first ends of the side walls comprises two aligned holes through which an associated one of the tool-mounting bolts extends.

10. The tool kit as claimed in claim 9, wherein one of the aligned holes comprises a countersink, a nut being securely received in the countersink, each of the tool-mounting bolts comprising a threaded section for engaging with the nut.

11. The tool kit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the separation wall is at an acute angle with a plane including the two tool-mounting bolts, with the separation wall comprising opposite faces and a slot extruding between the opposite faces and through which a portion of the wrench extends, with the wrench extending through the slot and engaging the opposite faces of the separation wall.

12. The tool kit as claimed in claim 5, with the wrench being detachably mounted to the body independent of the two tool-mounting bolts.

13. The tool kit as claimed in claim 12, with the wrench being detachably mounted to the body independent of the set of tools mounted to each of the tool-mounting bolts.

14. The tool kit as claimed in claim 5, with the wrench being substantially L-shaped and comprising a relatively longer linear section and a relatively shorter linear section.

15. A tool kit comprising:

a body comprising at least one compartment;

at least one tool-mounting bolt mounted to the body;

at least one set of tools rotatably mounted to said at least one tool-mounting bolt, said at least one set of tools being received in said at least one compartment when not in use;

a wrench detachably mounted to the body for adjusting tightness of said at least one tool-mounting bolt, with the wrench including a portion; and

at least one retaining member for releasably holding the portion of the wrench, with the body comprising a slot through which the portion of the wrench extends.

16. The tool kit as claimed in claim 15, with the at least one retaining member being formed on the body independent of the at least one mounting bolt.

17. The tool kit as claimed in claim 15 further comprising another retaining member for releasably holding the portion of the wrench, with the at least one retaining member and the other retaining member respectively located adjacent to two ends of the slot.

18. The tool kit as claimed in claim 17, with the at least one retaining member being formed on the body independent of the at least one mounting bolt.

19. A tool kit comprising:

a body comprising at least one compartment;

at least one tool-mounting bolt mounted to the body;

at least one set of tools rotatably mounted to said at least one tool-mounting bolt, said at least one set of tools being received in said at least one compartment when not in use;

a wrench detachably mounted to the body for adjusting tightness of said at least one tool-mounting bolt, with the wrench including a portion; and

at least one retaining member for releasably holding the portion of the wrench, with the wrench being substantially L-shaped and comprising a relatively longer linear section and a relatively shorter linear section.