Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Handle or shank
Reexamination Certificate
2004-03-15
2010-02-09
Meislin, D. S (Department: 3727)
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Handle or shank
C081S125100, C081S124400, C081S177800, C081S177850
Reexamination Certificate
active
07658132
ABSTRACT:
A tool for removing and installing serpentine belts in vehicles has a drive bar, a double box end wrench and a socket. The drive bar has a handle at a first end and a fitting at an opposite second end that is used to connect to the double box end wrench. The double box end wrench has a first end defining a polygonally shaped opening and an opposite second end that defines a ratcheting wrench having a first plurality of teeth on an inner circumference thereof. The socket defines a second plurality of teeth on an outer circumference thereof that are adapted to be received by the ratcheting wrench first plurality of teeth. The socket also defines one of a polygonally shaped opening and a polygonally shaped tang that is received by a work piece of an vehicle idler pulley.
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Steinweg Paul S.
Taggart, Sr. Kenneth J.
Easco Hand Tools Inc.
Meislin D. S
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
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