Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Having stationary structure for supporting wrench or...
Patent
1991-10-30
1993-11-23
Meislin, D. S.
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Having stationary structure for supporting wrench or...
811801, B25B 2300
Patent
active
052633926
ABSTRACT:
A support (10) for a hand operated rotatable tool, such as a wheel brace (12), having a socket (74) for location upon a nut/stud (14) for supporting an elbow (72) of the tool during use to inhibit slippage of the socket (74) off the nut/stud (14). The support (10) solves the problem of loosening nuts/studs (14) tightened with pneumatic wrenches--which loosening is often difficult and sometimes impossible with the relatively small wheel braces (12) provided in vehicle tool kits. The support (10) has a cradle (26) whose height above the ground can be adjusted so as to support the wheel brace (12) whilst maintaining an axis of the socket (74) in alignment with an axis of the nut/stud (14). The cradle (26) is mounted upon a frame (19) having a base (20), a first leg (22) and a second leg (24). The first leg (22) is pivoted between the base (20) and the second leg (24) so that the support (10) can be collapsed to a storage condition and erected to an in-use condition with the cradle (26) disposed upper-most. A tongue (58) of a free end (56) of the second leg (24) engages with one of a plurality of slots (40) in an outer base member (30) of the base (20) for effecting adjustment of the height of the cradle (26) above the base (20).
Other forms of height adjustment and a method of loosening/tightening a nut/stud are also described.
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