Wrenches having two driving stems pivotally connected with each other

• US 20020108473A1
• Filed: 04/06/2002
• Published: 08/15/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bondhus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mark S. Warner
• Inventors: Warner, Mark S.
• Granted Patent: US 6,688,196 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 81/440
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 15/008 Allen-type keys
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/063 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners

Abstract

A wrench having two driving stems pivotally connected with each other. One of the driving stems has a main stem and a female joint protruding from a rectangular or cylindrical section of the main stem with a hole at a center thereof. The other driving stem has the other main stem and a male joint projecting out of the center of a rectangular or cylindrical section of the main stem. The male joint and the female joint are engaged with each other via a coupler such as a roll pin. Therefore, without using an additional hinge or other mechanical coupler, these two driving stems are pivotally connected with each other.

Claims

1. A pivotal wrench comprising:

a first driving stem, comprising further;

a main hexagonal stem;

an enlarged female joint section at the proximal end of the first driving stem comprising;

a conical transition section; and

a cylindrical or square base section further comprising two fillets protruding from two opposite sides of the base section with a space in between wherein each fillet comprises a hole;

a second driving stem, comprising further;

a main hexagonal stem;

an enlarged male joint section at the proximal end of the second driving stem comprising;

a conical transition section; and

a cylindrical or square base section further comprising a fillet extending out at the center of the base section wherein the fillet comprises a hole;

an engaging means being threaded through the holes of the female joint section fillets of the first driving stem and the hole of the male joint section fillet of the second driving stem wherein the male joint fillet is engaged within the space between the two female joint fillets.

2. The pivotal wrench according to claim 1, wherein the engaging means includes one or a combination of a roll pin or solid pin, a machine screw, a bolt and nut, a washer or washers, and a rivet.

3. The pivotal wrench according to claim 1, wherein the first and second driving stems each have a rounded proximal end in order to flip over the other driving stem.

4. The pivotal wrench according to claim 1, wherein the first and second driving stems are of different lengths but wherein the main hexagonal stem sections are of the same cross sectional size and shape.

5. The pivotal wrench according to claim 1, wherein the distal end of the first driving stem has rounded corners and a cut-away groove between said rounded corners and the main hexagonal section of said driving stem.

6. The pivotal wrench according to claim 1, wherein the distal end of the second driving stem has rounded corners and a cut-away groove between said rounded corners and the main hexagonal section of said driving stem.