Tool assembly with a tire repairing wrench

• US 6,751,819 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2001
• Issued: 06/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Louis Chuang
• Original Assignee: Louis Chuang
• Inventors: Chuang, Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): MEISLIN, DEBRA S
• Application Number:
  US10/014,623
• Publication Number:
  US 20030074738A1
• Time in Patent Office: 974 Days
• Field of Search: 710/0, 713/8, 716/7, 716/8, 717/0, 157/1.3, 811/774, 814/90
• US Class Current: 7/100
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/56 Spanner sets
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 27/0071 for bicycles
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/085 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners

Abstract

A tool assembly includes a main body having two sidewalls. Two sets of tools are, respectively, rotatably mounted between first ends and second ends of the sidewalls. Each sidewall has an outwardly facing recessed section for detachably receiving a tire repairing tool in the preferred form of a tire lever. Tire patches are received in at least one of the tire levers for proceeding with tire patching when required. At least one of the tire levers includes a driving column for adjusting the bolts to which the tools are rotatably mounted. The tools include a chain repairer that may engage with the driving column of the tire lever for proceeding with chain repair.

Claims

1. A tool assembly comprising:

a main body formed as a single, integral component and comprising a base and two sidewalls located on opposite sides of the base, with portions of the sidewalls being separated by the base, with each sidewall having first and second ends and an outer face extending between the first and second ends and opposite the base, with each outer face being engageable by a user'"'"'s hand;

at least one recessed section formed in the outer face of one of the sidewalls of the main body and intermediate the first and second ends of said one of the sidewalls of the main body; and

at least one tire lever detachably received in said at least one recessed section, said at least one tire lever having a continuous outer face that is flush with the outer face of said at least one recessed section when said at least one tire lever is received in said at least one recessed section, thereby providing a streamlined outline for the main body for easy holding during operation of the tool assembly.

2. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of two lateral sides defining said at least one recessed section comprises an engaging hole, with said at least one tire lever comprising two sides each having a protrusion for releasably engaging with an associated one of the engaging holes.

3. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main body comprises a bolt mounted between the first ends of the two sidewalls of the main body, with the tool assembly further comprising a chain repairer pivotably mounted and detachably attached to the bolt, said at least one tire lever cooperating with the chain repairer to proceed with chain repair.

4. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the chain repairer comprises a C-shaped end for releasable engagement with the bolt.

5. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the chain repairer comprises an attaching section pivotally mounted to the bolt and having an engaging hole, with the chain repairer further comprising an operative section having an engaging end for releasably engaging with the engaging hole in the attaching section.

6. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 1, with said at least one tire lever having an inner face opposite to the continuous outer face, with said at least one tire lever including a compartment formed in the inner face and enclosed by a cap, with the compartment accommodating tire patches, with the inner face and the cap located within the at least one recessed section when the at least one tire lever is received therein.

7. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a bolt mounted between the first ends of the two sidewalls, with the bolt having a tightening groove, with said at least one tire lever having an inner face opposite to the continuous outer face; and

a driving column extending from the inner face of said at least one tire lever, with the driving column having a shape for engaging with the tightening groove of the bolt.

8. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 7, with the at least one tire lever being insertable in the at least one recessed section in an installation direction, with the driving column integrally formed with the inner face and extending rigidly relative to the inner face and in the installation direction when the at least one tire lever is received in said at least one recessed section, with the at least one recessed section including a hole extending in the installation direction for receipt of the driving column.

9. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a driving column extending from an inner face of said at least one tire lever, with the inner face being opposite to the continuous outer face, with the at least one tire lever being insertable in the at least one recessed section in an installation direction, with the driving column integrally formed with the inner face and extending rigidly relative to the inner face and in the installation direction when the at least one tire lever is received in said at least one recessed section, with the at least one recessed section including a hole extending in the installation direction for receipt of the driving column.

10. A tool assembly comprising:

a main body, with the main body including a hole;

at least one bolt mounted to the main body; and

at least one set of tools rotatably mounted to said at least one bolt and including a chain repairer; and

at least one tire repairing tool detachably mounted to said main body, said at least one tire repairing tool comprising a driving column for engaging with the chain repairer to proceed with chain repair, with the driving column being received in the hole of the main body when the at least one tire repairing tool is mounted to said main body.

11. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein the main body comprises at least one recessed section in an outer face thereof for receiving said at least one tire repairing tool, with said at least one tire repairing tool having an outer face that is flush with the outer face of said at least one recessed section when said at least one tire repairing tool is received in said at least one recessed section, thereby providing a streamlined outline for the main body, with the hole located in said at least one recessed section.

12. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of two lateral sides defining said at least one recessed section comprises an engaging hole, with said at least one tire repairing tool comprising two sides each having a protrusion for releasably engaging with an associated one of the engaging holes.

13. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein the main body comprises a base and two sidewalls, with said at least one recessed section being defined in at least one of the sidewalls of the main body.

14. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein the main body comprises at least one recessed section in an outer face thereof for receiving said at least one tire repairing tool, with said at least one tire repairing tool including an inner face opposite to an outer face of said at least one tire repairing tool, wherein the driving column is formed on and integrally extends from the inner face of said at least one tire repairing tool in a nonmoveable manner, with the inner face of said at least one tire repair tool being received in said at least one recessed section when said at least one tire repairing tool is received in said at least one recessed section, thereby providing a streamlined outline for the main body.

15. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein the chain repairer comprises a C-shaped end for releasable engagement with the bolt.

16. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein the chain repairer comprises an attaching section pivotally mounted to the bolt and having an engaging hole, the chain repairer further comprising an operative section having an engaging end for releasably engaging with the engaging hole in the attaching section.

17. The tool assembly as claimed in claim 10, with the at least one tire repairing tool being mounted to said body by movement in an installation direction, with the driving column integrally formed with the at least one tire repairing tool and extending rigidly relative to the at least one tire repairing tool and in the installation direction when the at least one tire repairing tool is mounted to said main body, with the hole of the main body extending in the installation direction for receipt of the driving column.