Wrench set

• US 6,698,318 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2001
• Issued: 03/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ready Tools, LLC
• Original Assignee: Sawtek Incorporated (Qorvo, Inc.)
• Inventors: Peters, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, James G.
• Application Number:
  US09/863,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20020174748A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,015 Days
• Field of Search: 811/772, 811/774, 811/19, 811/244, 814/90, 81D/IG.8
• US Class Current: 81/177.4
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/56 Spanner sets
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/085 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners

Abstract

A wrench set includes a hollow body containing a tray. The tray includes a plurality of different size wrench heads held in a nesting relationship within said tray. The tray is easily removed from the hollow interior allowing a wrench head to be removed. Each wrench head is adapted to fit at the end of said hollow handle to permit its use and then can be returned to its tray and held within the hollow handle to provide a complete wrench set taking up minimal space.

Claims

1. A wrench set comprising

a wrench body;

said wrench body having a hollow interior and an exterior wall;

a plurality of wrench heads each having a different size opening adapted to engage different size nuts or bolt heads;

each head being generally flat and having a stub;

said wrench body having an opening adapted to engage said stub; and

a plurality of said wrench heads positioned in said hollow interior arranged according to size.

3. The wrench set claimed in claim 1 wherein said stub has a rectangular cross-section.

4. The wrench set claimed in claim 1 wherein said wrench heads are nested in a tray adapted to slide into an opening of said wrench into said hollow interior.

5. The wrench set claimed in claim 3 wherein said wrench body has a rectangular interior cross-section.

6. The wrench set claimed in claim 5 wherein said wrench heads are nested in a tray adapted to fit within said hollow interior, said tray having first and second tabs adapted to engage first and second openings within said hollow body to thereby permit said tray to be retained within said body and to permit easy removal of said tray.

7. The wrench set claimed in claim 6 wherein said tray has first and second side walls and a plurality of separate indentations adapted to hold wrench heads and wherein each of said separate indentations has openings through said side walls permitting one to grasp side edges of the wrench heads.

2. A wrench set comprising

a tapered wrench body;

said wrench body having a hollow interior and an exterior wall;

a plurality of wrench heads each having a different size opening adapted to engage different size nuts or bolt heads;

each head having a stub;

said wrench body having an opening adapted to engage said stub; and

said wrench heads nested in said hollow interior arranged according to size, with the stub of a first wrench head nested in the opening of the next adjacent wrench head.