Storage adapter for ratchet wrench

Details Storage adapter for ratchet wrench Storage adapter for ratchet wrench

2002-01-07

2004-01-20

Gibson, Jr., Robert W. (Department: 3634)

Supports: racks

Special article

Article includes elongated portion

C206S378000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06679390

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention is applicable in the field of tools and particularly so in the field of structures for securely storing ratchet wrenches together with a set of sockets.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
Ratchet wrenches and sockets are old in the art. A ratchet wrench
10
and a set of sockets
11
are illustrated in
FIG. 1
a
. Sets of sockets
11
are sometimes but not always sold with an organizational storage unit. Thus, it is common for sockets
11
and ratchets wrenches
10
to be separated and lost. After market solutions have partially remedied the above problem.
FIG. 2
a
illustrates a ratchet wrench
10
and a prior art method only for storing sockets
11
.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Aspects of the invention are summarized below to aid in the understanding of embodiment(s) of the invention and the application. Yet, the invention is fully. defined by the claims of the application.
The invention is a ratchet wrench storage adapter for use with a prior art mechanism for storing a set of sockets
11
. The ratchet wrench storage adapter comprises a ratchet wrench coupling opening
261
, also referred to herein as a ratchet wrench coupling aperture
261
and a socket coupling protrusion aperture
261
(see
FIG. 2
c
), bounded by a wrench receiving opening edge that is further coupled to a storage adapter clip.
An aspect of an embodiment the invention is a structure to conveniently couple a ratchet wrench
10
to a prior art structure for storing sockets
11
.
An aspect of an embodiment the invention is a construction to conveniently couple a ratchet wrench
10
to a prior art structure for storing sockets
11
.
An aspect of an embodiment the invention is a construction that enables a ratchet wrench
10
to be removably coupled to a prior art structure for storing sockets
11
.
An aspect of an embodiment of the invention is to construct the invention is to construct the adapter using a socket
11
and an socket clip
14
.
An aspect of the invention is to size the adapter for alternate size ratchet wrenches
10
, sockets
11
, storage rails
16
and socket clips
14
.


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