Tool and fastener marking system
View Patent ↗The present invention is a comprehensive system, method, and apparatus for marking tools, and other related objects, to be able to quickly identify the nearest size tool, or other object, regardless of the standard a tool, or other object, is manufactured according to.
1. A set of hand tools marked according to a unified system, the set comprising:
a first subset of the set of hand tools, each of the hand tools within the first subset having a metric size indicator thereon;
a second subset of the set of hand tools, each of the hand tools within the second subset having a standard size indicator thereon; and
sequential relative size markings on each of the hand tools within the set to identify a size of each of the hand tools from smallest to largest within the set and independent of whether the hand tool has a metric size indicator thereon or a standard size indicator thereon.
2. The set of hand tools of claim 1 wherein the sequential relative size markings consist of letters and numbers.
3. The set of hand tools of claim 2 wherein the metric size indicator is expressed in millimeters.
4. The set of hand tools of claim 2 wherein the standard size indicator is expressed in inches.
5. The set of hand tools of claim 2 wherein each of the hand tools is a wrench.
6. The set of hand tools of claim 1 wherein each of the hand tools within the first subset has a first color marking and wherein each of the hand tools within the second subset has a second color marking, the first color marking differing from the second color marking.
7. The set of hand tools of claim 1 wherein:
the first subset of the set of hand tools includes a first metric size hand tool and a second metric size hand tool;
the second subset of the set of hand tools includes a first standard size hand tool and a second standard size hand tool; and
the sequential relative size markings identify that the first metric size hand tool is bigger than the first standard size hand tool, the first standard size hand tool is bigger than the second metric size hand tool, and the second metric size hand tool is bigger than the second standard size hand tool.
8. A set of hand tools marked according to a unified system, the set comprising:
a first subset of the set of hand tools, each of the hand tools within the first subset having a metric size and an metric size indicator thereon, the metric size indicator indicating the metric size;
a second subset of the set of hand tools, each of the hand tools within the second subset having a standard size and a standard size indicator thereon, the standard size indicator indicating the standard size; and
sequential relative size markings on each of the hand tools within the set to identify a size of each of the hand tools from smallest to largest within the set and independent of whether the hand tool has a metric size indicator thereon or a standard size indicator thereon;
wherein each of the sequential relative size markings is not a metric size indicator;
wherein each of the sequential relative size markings is not a standard size indicator.