Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – Rigid jaws
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-22
2002-02-19
Smith, James G. (Department: 3723)
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
Rigid jaws
C081S124200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06347563
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to tools for removing drain caps and more particularly pertains to a new tool for removing drain caps for removing a drain cap.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of tools for removing drain caps is known in the prior art. More specifically, tools for removing drain caps heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,806,170; 4,691,424; 5,003,682; 4,077,103; 5,685,207; and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 261,606.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new tool for removing drain caps. The inventive device includes a rod that elongate and has a first end and a second end. A coupler removably couples the rod to a protruding member on a plug. The coupler includes a housing having a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of lateral side walls. A bracket has a pair of legs and a middle portion extending between the legs. Each of the legs is securely coupled to an outside surface one of the lateral side walls and extends upwardly therefrom such that the middle portion traverses the housing. The first end of the rod is securely coupled to the middle portion such that the rod extends upwardly from middle portion. The housing has an internal perimeter equal to an outer perimeter of the protruding member for removably positioning around the protruding member. A handle member is integrally coupled to the rod.
In these respects, the tool for removing drain caps according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of removing a drain cap.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of tools for removing drain caps now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new tool for removing drain caps construction wherein the same can be utilized for removing a drain cap.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new tool for removing drain caps apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tools for removing drain caps mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tool for removing drain caps which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tools for removing drain caps, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a rod that elongate and has a first end and a second end. A coupler removably couples the rod to a protruding member on a plug. The coupler includes a housing having a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of lateral side walls. A bracket has a pair of legs and a middle portion extending between the legs. Each of the legs is securely coupled to an outside surface one of the lateral side walls and extends upwardly therefrom such that the middle portion traverses the housing. The first end of the rod is securely coupled to the middle portion such that the rod extends upwardly from middle portion. The housing has an internal perimeter equal to an outer perimeter of the protruding member for removably positioning around the protruding member. A handle member is integrally coupled to the rod.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new tool for removing drain caps apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the tools for removing drain caps mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new tool for removing drain caps which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art tools for removing drain caps, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new tool for removing drain caps which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new tool for removing drain caps which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new tool for removing drain caps which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such tool for removing drain caps economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tool for removing drain caps which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new tool for removing drain caps for removing a drain cap.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new tool for removing drain caps which includes a rod that elongate and has a first end and a second end. A coupler removably couples the rod to a protruding member on a plug. The coupler includes a housing having a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of lateral side walls. A bracket has a pair of legs and a middle portion extending between the legs. Each of the legs is securely coupled to an outside surface one of the lateral side walls and extends upwardly therefrom such that the middle portion traverses the housing. The first end of the rod is securely coupled to the middle portion such that the rod extends upwardly from middle portion. The housing has an internal perimeter equal to an outer perimeter of the protruding member for removably positioning around the protruding member. A handle member is integrally coupled to the rod.
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Shakeri Hadi
Smith James G.
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