Adjustable tool handle for holding a tool during use

• US 9,193,058 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2012
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wagic, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Wagic, Inc.
• Inventors: Gallegos, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shakeri, Hadi
• Application Number:
  US13/472,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20130305886A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• Field of Search: 814/89, 814/36, 814/39, 814/40, 811/771, 811/772, 811/775
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 15/008 Allen-type keys
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 15/04 with ratchet action
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/06 reversible or adjustable for position
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/063 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 3/12 Locking and securing devices
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 3/24 comprising clamping or contracting means acting transversely on the handle or socket
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

An adjustable tool handle for holding a tool during use provides an improved handling of tools during use of tools that are difficult to use on their own, specifically L-shaped hexagonal wrenches. The adjustable tool handle includes a tool handle body with a handle and an adjustable opening for receiving a tool. In order to place a tool within the tool handle, a user opens the tool handle. When the tool handle is open, one leg of the tool handle is inserted into one of a plurality of openings on the back of the body and the other leg is placed within the adjustable opening. After the tool is placed within the tool handle, the tool is held in place by a securing mechanism. With the tool coupled to the tool handle, a user is able to tighten and loosen work pieces of different sizes and different types.

Claims

1. A tool handle for holding a tool during use comprising:

a. a body having a side, a first end and a second end;

b. a first adjustable opening comprising a rectangular shaped channel with a v-shaped bottom for receiving each of a plurality of tools of different sizes;

c. an openable securing member pushing the tool into the bottom of the adjustable opening to secure the tool within the handle;

d. a lock for locking the tool within the handle; and

e. one or more second openings within the side for also receiving the tool;

wherein an operable end of the tool is extendable from the first end and the side of the tool handle during use.

2. The tool handle of claim 1 wherein the second end comprises an ergonomically shaped handle portion for holding during use.

3. The tool handle of claim 1 wherein the tool is a hexagonal shaped tool or a round shaped tool having an L-shaped body including a long leg member and a short leg member.

4. The tool handle of claim 3 wherein the first adjustable opening and the one or more second openings are positioned on sides at 90 degrees of one another.

5. The tool handle of claim 4 wherein each of the first adjustable opening and the one or more second openings receive the long leg member or the short leg member of the tool.

6. The tool handle of claim 4 wherein the long leg member of the tool extends from the first end of the body and the short leg member of the tool extends from the side of the body.

7. The tool handle of claim 1 wherein the securing member is slid to a closed position in order to secure the tool within the handle.

8. The tool handle of claim 1 wherein the securing member is rotated to a closed position in order to secure the tool within the handle.

9. A tool handle for holding a tool during use comprising:

a. a body having a first end and a second end;

b. a first adjustable opening comprising a rectangular shaped channel with a v-shaped bottom for receiving each of a plurality of tools of different sizes;

c. an openable securing member pushing the tool into the bottom of the adjustable opening to secure the tool within the handle;

d. a lock for locking the tool within the handle; and

e. a plurality of second openings each for receiving the tool;

wherein the first adjustable opening and the plurality of second openings are positioned on sides at 90 degrees of one another and wherein an operable end of the tool is extendable from the first end and a side of the tool handle during use.

10. The tool handle of claim 9 wherein the second end comprises an ergonomically shaped handle portion for holding during use.

11. The tool handle of claim 9 wherein the tool is a hexagonal shaped tool or a round shaped tool having an L-shaped body including a long leg member and a short leg member.

12. The tool handle of claim 11 wherein each of the first adjustable opening and one of the plurality of second openings receive the long leg member or the short leg member of the tool.

13. The tool handle of claim 11 wherein the long leg member of the tool extends from the first end of the body and the short leg member of the tool extends from a side of the body.

14. The tool handle of claim 9 wherein the securing member is slid to a closed position in order to secure the tool within the handle.

15. The tool handle of claim 9 wherein the securing member is rotated to a closed position in order to secure the tool within the handle.

16. A tool handle for holding a tool during use, the tool having an L-shaped body, including a long leg member and a short leg member, the tool handle comprising:

a. a body having a side, a first end and a second end;

b. a first adjustable opening comprising a rectangular shaped channel with a v-shaped bottom for receiving each of a plurality of tools of different sizes;

c. an openable securing member pushing the tool into the bottom of the adjustable opening to secure the tool within the handle;

d. a lock for locking the tool within the handle; and

e. a plurality of second openings each for receiving the tool;

wherein an operable end of the tool is extendable from the first end and the side of the tool handle during use, wherein the operable end of the tool is able to be a selective one of the long leg member and the short leg member.