Bender wrench

• US 7,343,836 B1
• Filed: 03/01/2005
• Issued: 03/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jess Ward
• Original Assignee: Jess Ward
• Inventors: Ward, Jess G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas; David B
• Application Number:
  US11/069,352
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• Field of Search: 811/19, 811/211, 811776-1778, 811/779, D8 21- 23, D8 26- 28
• US Class Current: 81/177.7
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/04 of ring jaw type
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/08 of open jaw type
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/481 for operating in areas having limited access
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/063 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners

Abstract

A bender wrench for removing fasteners from hard to reach places. The bender wrench includes a wrench having a pair of first ends coupled to a plurality of head members that are positionable with respect to the handle. Each of the head members is designed to remove or tighten a fastener without slipping.

Claims

1. A wrench being for removing fasteners from hard to reach areas, the wrench comprising:

a body member having a pair of first ends and a handle portion, said handle portion having a central recessed rectangular portion forming a peripheral ridge extending around said handle portion whereby said handle portion is adapted for being securely gripped by a hand of a user, said body member having a pair of opposite side edges extending an entire length of said body member, each of said side edges being linear between said first end such that said body member has a uniform width between said side edges from one end of said pair of first ends to another end of said pair of first ends;

a plurality of head members, each head member being pivotally coupled to an associated one of said ends of said body member, each of said head members being adapted for selectively coupling to a fastener, each of said head members being positionable at an angle with respect to said body member such that each of said head members can be coupled to the fastener for facilitating removal of the fastener when the fastener is located in a hard to reach location;

at least one of said head members having an aperture extending between a bottom face and a top face of an associated one of said head members, said aperture being adapted for receiving the fastener, each of said head members being adapted for rotating the fastener when said body member is rotated around the fastener;

said aperture of the associated one of said head members having a perimeter wall, said perimeter wall having a plurality of faces defining said aperture, each of said faces of said perimeter wall being adapted for abutting one of a plurality of surfaces of the fastener such that said faces are for preventing said head member from slipping around the fastener;

at least one of said head members having a cut out inwardly extending from a front face of an associated one of said head members, said cut out being adapted for receiving the fastener, each of said head members being adapted for rotating the fastener when said body member is rotated around the fastener;

said cut out of the associated one of said head members having a peripheral wall, said peripheral wall having a plurality of abutment walls defining said cut out, each of said abutment walls of said perimeter wall being adapted for abutting one of a plurality of surfaces of the fastener such that said abutment walls are for preventing the associated one of said head members from slipping around the fastener;

each of said head members having a shank, said shank of each of said head members having a bore extending through said shank, each of said ends of said body member having a channel extending inwardly from the respective said end of said body member, said channel having a substantially uniform transverse width, said channel of one of said ends of said body member receiving said shank of one of said head members such that a pair of pin apertures of said body member are aligned with said bore of said shank of an associated one of said head members, a longitudinal axis extending through said pair of pin apertures being transverse to a longitudinal axis of said handle portion; and

a pin extending through one of said pin apertures of said body member and said bore of said shank of said head members when said shank of the associated one of said head members is inserted into said channel of one of said ends of said body member such that said pin permits the associated said head member to pivot with respect to said body member, each said pin having a first end capable of moving through said pin apertures of said body member, each said pin member having a second end with an enlarged portion that is incapable of moving through said pin apertures of said body member.