Tool kit for bicycles

• US 6,640,675 B1
• Filed: 08/29/2002
• Issued: 11/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Louis Chuang
• Original Assignee: Louis Chuang
• Inventors: Chuang, Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): Hail, III, Joseph J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shakeri, Hadi
• Application Number:
  US10/230,940
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 814/90, 811/774, 811/25, 814/50, 811/778, 716/7, 716/8, 716/5
• US Class Current: 81/490
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 15/02 operated by rotating the handle
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 27/0035 for motor-vehicles wrenches for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/003
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/04 wherein the elements are brought into working positions by a pivoting or sliding movement
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/066 the grip itself being angularly adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/085 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners

Abstract

A tool kit includes a body, a socket and a positioning device. The body includes a first end, a second end and a chamber defined therein. The socket is used for holding a tool bit. The socket is pivotally connected with the first end of the body. The positioning device selectively can retain the socket in one of several positions relative to the body. The positioning device may include a boss formed on the first end of the body and a plurality of recesses defined in an internal face of the socket.

Claims

1. A tool kit including:

a body including a chamber defined therein, two flanges formed thereon and at least one boss formed thereon between the two flanges, with the body and the two flanges defining a cavity for receiving a tool slideably attachable to the body for storage and removable from the body for use, the tool including two edges for engagement with the flanges and at least one recess defined therein for receiving the at least one boss so as to keep the tool in position on the body;

a socket for holding a tool bit, the socket being pivotally connected with the body;

a positioning device for selectively retaining the socket in one of several positions relative to the body; and

a carrier for holding tool bits, the carrier being pivotally connected with the body between a concealed position in the chamber of the body and an extended position outside the chamber of the body.

2. The tool kit according to claim 1 wherein the positioning device includes a boss formed on the body and a plurality of recesses defined in an external face of the socket.

3. The tool kit according to claim 1 wherein the body includes two ears on which the socket is pivotally mounted.

4. The tool kit according to claim 3 including a bolt inserted in an aperture extending through each of the ears and an aperture extending through the socket.

5. The tool kit according to claim 3 including a tube inserted in an aperture extending through each of the ears and an aperture extending through the socket and a bolt inserted in the tube.

6. The tool kit according to claim 5 wherein the tube includes a thread formed on an internal face, and the bolt includes a thread formed thereon for engagement with that of the tube.

7. The tool kit according to claim 1 including a magnet fit in the socket.

8. The tool kit according to claim 1 wherein the carrier defines a plurality of chambers for receiving tool bits.

9. The tool kit according to claim 1 wherein the carrier includes a boss formed thereon, and the body includes a recess defined in an internal face in order to receive the boss formed on the carrier so as to retain the carrier in the concealed position.

10. The tool kit according to claim 9 wherein the carrier defines a slit near the boss thereof so that the carrier is movable in a wider range.

11. The tool kit according to claim 1 wherein the body includes two ears on which the carrier is pivotally mounted.

12. The tool kit according to claim 11 including a bolt inserted in an aperture extending through each of the ears and an aperture extending through the carrier.

13. The tool kit according to claim 11 including a tube inserted in an aperture extending through each of the ears and an aperture extending through the carrier and a bolt inserted in the tube.

14. The tool kit according to claim 13 wherein the tube includes a thread formed on an internal face, and the bolt includes a thread formed thereon for engagement with that of the tube.

19. The tool kit according to claim 1 wherein the socket is pivotally connected on a first axis of a first end of the body, the carrier is pivotally connected on a second axis on a second end of the body, and wherein the first axis has an orientation perpendicular to the second axis.

20. The tool kit according to claim 1 wherein the cavity is disposed on a first side of the body and a second cavity is formed by a third flange and a fourth flange formed on an opposing side of the body.

15. A tool kit including:

a body including a first end, a second end and a chamber defined therein;

a socket for holding a tool bit, the socket being pivotally connected with the first end of the body on a first axis; and

a carrier for holding tool bits, the carrier including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the carrier is pivotally connected with the second end of the body on a second axis having perpendicular orientation to the first axis so that the carrier can be moved between a concealed position in the chamber of the body and an extended position outside the chamber of the body.

16. The tool kit according to claim 15 wherein the at least one tool is a crowbar.

17. The tool kit according to claim 15 wherein the at least one tool is a saw.

18. The tool kit according to claim 15 wherein the at least one tool is a can opener.