Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Handle or shank
Reexamination Certificate
2002-01-10
2003-01-28
Morgan, Eileen P. (Department: 3723)
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Handle or shank
C081S177500, C081S439000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06510766
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a storage member for receiving hex wrenches and the storage member can be used as a T-bar handle when connecting with the hex wrenches.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A conventional hex wrench storage box
20
is shown in
FIG. 6
so as to receive hex wrenches
22
therein. Each of the hex wrenches
22
is cooperated with a T-bar handle
21
which is usually fixed to the hex wrench. The T-bar handles
21
occupy a lot of space in the storage box
20
so that a limited number of hex wrenches
22
can be stored in the box
20
. A large storage box
20
is required to store different sizes of the hex wrenches.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hex wrench storage member which comprises a tubular body with a recess which communicates with an outer periphery of the body at a first opening, and communicates with an of the body at a second opening. The first opening is defined by two opposite surfaces and a U-shaped inside connected between the two opposite surfaces. Each of the two opposite surfaces includes a plurality of stepped surfaces and the U-shaped inside includes a plurality of stepped areas which are connected between the stepped surfaces. A plurality of holes are defined in the end of the body.
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a hex wrench storage member which can be used as a T-bar handle and receives all the hex wrenches with different sizes.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4043230 (1977-08-01), Scrivens
patent: D373943 (1996-09-01), Fuhrmann
patent: 5911799 (1999-06-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 6332381 (2001-12-01), Vasudeva
Baxley Charles E.
Danganan Joni B.
Morgan Eileen P.
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