IP Library Granted Patent US 9,981,366
Granted Patent B2
US 9,981,366 · App. 15/067,776 · Granted May 29, 2018

Cleanable reversible socket and driver

Inventors: Greg Thomas Todd (Clear Lake, MN); Dennis Glenn Geurts (Paynesville, MN); Lucas Daniel Runke (Hutchinson, MN)
Assignee: Malco Products, Inc.
B25B23/12B25B13/06B25B23/0035
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,981,366
App. No.
15/067,776
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleanable reversible socket and driver for a hex head fastener having a driver shank with a hex shaped shaft having a tool mounting end and a socket mounting end and a collar therebetween. A cleanable reversible socket is provided having a hex passage therethrough rotationally lockable with the driver shank hex shaped shaft, The socket is removably, nonrotatably mountable onto the driver shank shaft at the socket mounting end up to the collar having two different sized hex socket ends. A magnet on the socket mounting end of the driver shank is to be located at a bottom of one of the two hex socket ends when the socket is mounted on the driver shank to hold the hex head fastener in one of the socket ends.

Claims (39)

1. A cleanable reversible socket and driver for a hex head fastener, comprising:

(a) a driver shank with a hex shaped shaft having a tool mounting end and a socket mounting end and a collar therebetween; and

(b) a cleanable reversible socket having a hex passage therethrough rotationally lockable with the driver shank hex shaped shaft, the socket being removably, nonrotatably mountable onto the driver shank shaft at the socket mounting end up to the collar having two different sized hex socket ends.

2. The socket and driver of claim 1 , further comprising a tool with a handle securable to the mounting end of the driver shank to impart rotational force to the shank and socket.

3. The socket and driver of claim 1 , further comprising a magnet on the socket mounting end of the driver shank to be located at a bottom of one of the two hex sockets when the socket is mounted on the driver shank.

4. The socket and driver of claim 1 , further comprising a biased detent near the socket mounting end of the driver shank and a cooperating groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket onto the drive shank.

5. The socket and driver of claim 1 , further comprising a second groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket when reversed onto the drive shank.

6. The socket and driver of claim 1 wherein one of the two different sized hex socket ends and the passage are of equal sizes and the other of the two different sized hex socket ends is larger than the size of the hex passage.

7. A cleanable reversible socket and driver for a hex head fastener, comprising:

(a) a driver shank with a hex shaped shaft having a tool mounting end and a socket mounting end and a collar therebetween;

(b) a cleanable reversible socket having a hex passage therethrough rotationally lockable with the driver shank hex shaped shaft, the socket being removably, nonrotatably mountable onto the driver shank shaft at the socket mounting end up to the collar having two different sized hex socket ends; and

(c) a magnet on the socket mounting end of the driver shank to be located at a bottom of one of the two hex sockets when the socket is mounted on the driver shank to hold the hex head fastener in one of the socket ends.

8. The socket and driver of claim 7 , further comprising a tool with a handle securable to the mounting end of the driver shank to impart rotational force to the shank and socket.

9. The socket and driver of claim 7 , further comprising a biased detent near the socket mounting end of the driver shank and a cooperating groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket onto the drive shank.

10. The socket and driver of claim 7 , further comprising a second groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket when reversed onto the drive shank.

11. The socket and driver of claim 7 wherein one of the two different sized hex socket ends and the passage are of equal sizes and the other of the two different sized hex socket ends is larger than the size of the hex passage.

12. A cleanable reversible socket and driver for a hex head fastener, comprising:

(a) a driver shank with a hex shaped shaft having a tool mounting end and a socket mounting end and a collar therebetween;

(b) a cleanable reversible socket having a hex passage therethrough rotationally lockable with the driver shank hex shaped shaft, the socket being removably, nonrotatably mountable onto the driver shank shaft at the socket mounting end up to the collar having two different sized hex socket ends;

(c) a magnet on the socket mounting end of the driver shank to be located at a bottom of one of the two hex sockets when the socket is mounted on the driver shank to hold the hex head fastener in one of the socket ends; and

(d) a biased detent near the socket mounting end of the driver shank and a cooperating groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket onto the drive shank.

13. The socket and driver of claim 12 , further comprising a biased detent near the socket mounting end of the driver shank and a cooperating groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket onto the drive shank.

14. The socket and driver of claim 12 , further comprising a tool with a handle securable to the mounting end of the driver shank to impart rotational force to the shank and socket.

15. The socket and driver of claim 12 , further comprising a second groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket when reversed onto the drive shank.

16. The socket and driver of claim 12 wherein one of the two different sized hex socket ends and the passage are of equal sizes and the other of the two different sized hex socket ends is larger than the size of the hex passage.

17. A cleanable reversible socket and driver for a hex head fastener, comprising:

(a) a driver shank with a hex shaped shaft having a tool mounting end and a socket mounting end and a collar therebetween;

(b) a cleanable reversible socket having a hex passage therethrough rotationally lockable with the driver shank hex shaped shaft, the socket being removably, nonrotatably mountable onto the driver shank shaft at the socket mounting end up to the collar having two different sized hex socket ends;

(c) a magnet on the socket mounting end of the driver shank to be located at a bottom of one of the two hex sockets when the socket is mounted on the driver shank to hold the hex head fastener in one of the socket ends;

(d) a biased detent near the socket mounting end of the driver shank and a cooperating groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket onto the drive shank; and

(e) a second groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket when reversed onto the drive shank.

18. The socket and driver of claim 17 wherein one of the two different sized hex socket ends and the passage are of equal sizes and the other of the two different sized hex socket ends is larger than the size of the hex passage.

19. A cleanable reversible socket and driver for a hex head fastener, comprising:

(a) a driver shank with a shaft having a tool mounting end and a shaped socket mounting end and a collar therebetween; and

(b) a cleanable reversible socket having a passage therethrough having a shape of the shaft shaped socket mounting end as to be rotationally lockable with the driver shank shaped shaft, the socket being removably, nonrotatably mountable onto the driver shank shaft at the socket mounting end up to the collar having two different sized hex socket ends.

20. The socket and driver of claim 19 , further comprising a tool with a handle securable to the mounting end of the driver shank to impart rotational force to the shank and socket.

21. The socket and driver of claim 19 , further comprising a magnet on the socket mounting end of the driver shank to be located at a bottom of one of the two hex sockets when the socket is mounted on the driver shank.

22. The socket and driver of claim 19 , further comprising a biased detent near the socket mounting end of the driver shank and a cooperating groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket onto the drive shank.

23. The socket and driver of claim 19 , further comprising a second groove in the inside passage of the socket to releasably positionally lock the socket when reversed onto the drive shank.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 5, 2024
From: MALCO PRODUCTS, SBC
To: MALCO TOOLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066740/0196 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 11, 2019
From: MALCO PRODUCTS, INC.
To: MALCO PRODUCTS, SBC
Reel/Frame 049429/0372 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2016
From: TODD, GREG THOMAS; GEURTS, DENNIS GLENN; RUNKE, LUCAS DANIEL
To: MALCO PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 037957/0464 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62298196 · Feb 22, 2016
Related Publication 20170239790A1 · Aug 24, 2017