Adapter tool with multiple attachments
View Patent ↗An adapter tool is provided. The adapter tool includes an elongated handle having a top end opposite a bottom end. A head is attached to and is substantially perpendicular with the handle. The head includes a first end opposite a second end. At least one of the first end and the second end may include a head mating end. The present invention further includes a plurality of tool attachments. Each of the tool attachments includes a tool mating end releasably attachable to the head mating end. Each of the plurality of tool attachments may include a tool portion including a different type of tool. Therefore, different tool attachments may be connected to the head to form different tools.
1. An adapter tool comprising:
a handle comprising a top end and a bottom end;
a head attached to the top end of the handle and comprising a first end and a second end, wherein at least one of the first end and the second end comprises a head mating end comprising a post having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the distal end comprises a beveled edge;
a plurality of tool attachments, each comprising:
a tool mating end comprising a slot sized to receive the post and releasably attach to the head mating end; and
a tool portion opposite the tool mating end,
wherein the tool portion comprises one of a hammer, a nail puller, an axe, a ball peen hammer, a sledge hammer, a welder's hammer, an engineer's hammer, a cultivator, a grubbing hoe, a rear pick axe, a front pick axe, a mallet, and a saw,
wherein one of the plurality of the tool attachments comprises a saw tool portion comprising:
an upper adapter comprising the tool mating end comprising the slot sized to receive the post and releasably attach to the head mating end, and an upper blade guide;
a lower adapter releasable attachable to the bottom end of the handle and comprising a lower blade guide; and
a hacksaw blade releasably attachable within the upper blade guide
and the lower blade guide.
2. The adapter tool of claim 1 , wherein the first end and the second end of the head each comprise the head mating end.
3. The adapter tool of claim 1 , wherein at least one threaded opening is formed through one of the beveled edges of the head mating end that aligns with at least one tool opening formed in each of the plurality of tool attachments through one of the beveled edges of the tool mating end, wherein a screw runs through the tool opening and engages with the aligned threaded opening thereby releasably securing at least one of the tool attachments to the head.
4. The adapter tool of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of tool attachments comprises a stabilizing track formed within the slot, wherein the post comprises a stabilizing channel formed to receive the stabilizing track.
5. The adapter tool of claim 1 , wherein the handle comprises a lower handle slot sized to receive a portion of the lower adapter and comprising an opening aligned with an opening formed through the lower adapter, wherein a bolt releasably secures the lower adapter to the handle through the aligned openings.
6. The adapter tool of claim 1 , wherein the head mating end further comprises beveled edges and the tool mating end further comprises beveled edges that mate with the beveled edges of the head mating end.
7. The adapter tool of claim 1 , wherein the post comprises a cylinder shape and the beveled edge is formed circumferentially about the distal end.
8. The adapter tool of claim 1 , wherein another one of the plurality of tool attachments comprises a mallet comprising:
a mallet adapter comprising the tool mating end formed on a first end and a threaded opening formed on a second end; and
a mallet head comprising a threaded post releasably securable within the threaded opening of the mallet adapter.
9. The adapter tool of claim 8 , wherein the mallet comprises a plastic mallet head or a rubber mallet head.