Patents Assigned to Klein Tools, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20240139914
    Abstract: An insulated solar wrench includes an elongated body and a pair of prongs at a first end of the elongated body, wherein the prongs are configured to release a first solar connector from a second solar connector. The wrench includes an open-ended wrench at a second end of the elongated body opposite the first end, wherein the open-ended wrench is configured to engage a first portion of the first solar connector. The wrench includes a slot passing through the elongated body and configured to allow a portion of the first solar connector to pass therethrough and engage a second portion of the first solar connector. The elongated body, the pair of prongs, and the open-ended wrench are formed of a metal material, and at least a portion of the metal material of the elongated body, the pair of prongs, and the open-ended wrench is covered by a plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Fuentes
  • Publication number: 20240124220
    Abstract: A storage box includes a compartment having a base and opposed sidewalls extending from the base. Each sidewall of the opposed sidewalls includes two first retaining surfaces extend away from the base and along the sidewall where the first retaining surfaces are a first distance away from each other. Each sidewall includes two parallel second retaining surfaces extending away from the first retaining surfaces and along the sidewall. The second retaining surfaces are a second distance away from each other and the second distance is greater than the first distance. The storage box includes a rod, and support surfaces associated with each sidewall of the first pair of opposed sidewalls are configured to support the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Pearson, Daniel Flores, Robert Rivera
  • Patent number: 11958171
    Abstract: A screwdriver device including a handle having an elongate channel extending partially therethrough of the handle and an axial blade member having a first distal end and a second distal end being configured and disposed for sliding through the elongate channel of the handle and a locking mechanism configured and disposed for releasably locking the axial blade member at a first operable position relative to the handle wherein the first distal end is exposed and the second distal end is disposed within the handle. The screwdriver device further includes a first tool head disposed on the first distal end of the blade member and an ejection mechanism configured and disposed within the handle to constantly urge the axial blade member out of the locking mechanism from the first operable position to a second inoperable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Jestwin E. Lee, IV, Raul Rosales, Kevin A. Ekdahl
  • Publication number: 20240082996
    Abstract: A pass-through hand tool includes a handle that includes a hollow bore extending therethrough. The tool includes a reversible main barrel, having a pair of socket ends and a hollow interior. The reversible main barrel is insertable into the hollow bore in either of two orientations to present one of the sockets. The tool includes a reversible secondary barrel having another pair of sockets, an external hexagonal screwdriver head, and a hollow secondary interior. The reversible secondary barrel is insertable into the hollow interior of the reversible main barrel in either of two orientations to present one of the associated sockets. The tool includes a reversible tertiary barrel having another pair of sockets with external hexagonal screwdriver heads and a hollow tertiary interior. The reversible tertiary barrel is insertable into the hollow interior of the reversible secondary barrel in either of two orientations to present one of the associated sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Minor, Jordan Fisher, Rafael Lopez, Stephen Powers
  • Patent number: 11891234
    Abstract: A storage box includes a compartment having a base and opposed sidewalls extending from the base. Each sidewall of the opposed sidewalls includes two first retaining surfaces extend away from the base and along the sidewall where the first retaining surfaces are a first distance away from each other. Each sidewall includes two parallel second retaining surfaces extending away from the first retaining surfaces and along the sidewall. The second retaining surfaces are a second distance away from each other and the second distance is greater than the first distance. The storage box includes a rod, and support surfaces associated with each sidewall of the first pair of opposed sidewalls are configured to support the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Pearson, Daniel Flores, Robert Rivera
  • Publication number: 20240016252
    Abstract: A safety helmet fan system includes a safety helmet comprising a mount slot and a housing comprising a body having a fan enclosure, a mount configured to engage the mount slot to removably attach the housing to the safety helmet, and a hinge connecting the body to the mount, wherein the mount is engaged to the mount slot and the hinge is configured to allow the body to rotate, relative to the mount, between a cooling position and a stowed position wherein in the cooling position a rotational axis of the fan is below an axis of rotation of the hinge, and in the stowed position the rotational axis of the fan is above the axis of rotation of the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Shantanu Deshpande, Johnnie Coats, Ebrahim Kassamali
  • Publication number: 20230390899
    Abstract: A pass-through hand tool includes a handle that includes a hollow bore extending therethrough. The pass-through tool includes a reversible main barrel, having a pair of socket ends and a hollow interior therebetween. The reversible main barrel is insertable into the hollow bore of the handle in either of two orientations to present one of the sockets. The pass-through tool includes a reversible secondary barrel having another pair of sockets and a hollow secondary interior therebetween. The reversible secondary barrel is insertable into the hollow interior of the reversible main barrel in either of two orientations to present one of the associated sockets. The pass-through hand tool includes a reversible tertiary barrel having another pair of sockets and a hollow tertiary interior therebetween. The reversible tertiary barrel is insertable into the hollow interior of the reversible secondary barrel in either of two orientations to present one of the associated sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Minor, Jordan Fisher, Rafael Lopez
  • Publication number: 20230329386
    Abstract: A safety helmet fan system includes a fan housing carrying a first fan on a first side of the fan housing and a second fan on a second side of the fan housing and configured to be mounted, by a mount connector located between the first side and the second side, on an exterior of a safety helmet shell above a brim of the safety helmet shell, and an elongate cooling air duct connected to the fan housing to direct cooling air flow from the fan housing around the brim and into an interior of the safety helmet shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Kingston T. Wong
  • Patent number: 11787016
    Abstract: A plier wrench is provided and includes a jaw that can be disengaged from the remainder of the wrench and reengaged with the remainder of the wrench while the remainder of the wrench remains in its fully assembled condition. In one form, the jaw is “reversible” and includes two different jaw surfaces that can be selectively utilized depending upon the type of workpiece that will be engaged by the plier wrench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Amina Gibic, Jordan L. Fisher
  • Publication number: 20230312303
    Abstract: A fish tape system includes a fish tape and a case having a storage compartment that stores the fish tape for deployment from the case. The fish tape has a length extending from a first end to a second end. The length includes a luminescent material that emits light after being energized by exposure to a light source. At least a portion of the case is transparent to allow the luminescent material 22 to be energized by light passing through the transparent portion and into the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel R. Pearson
  • Patent number: 11751650
    Abstract: A wheeled backpack includes a bottom frame member, a fabric bag portion, a pair of laterally spaced wheels, a pair of side frame members, and a telescoping handle that can move between a retracted position and an extended position where the handle can be grasped by a user to roll the backpack on the wheels. The handle is located so that there is little or no fore and aft offset of the center of mass/gravity of the backpack, which minimizes torquing on the handle and associated pivoting of the backpack in a user's hand when the backpack is lifted by the handle with the handle in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Ekdahl, Caleb Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11745923
    Abstract: A cable tie includes a strip of material having a pair of longitudinally extending sides spaced from each other by a width W. In one form the strip includes a plurality of additional openings that are configured to receive the shank of a fastener. In one form, a plurality of first and second size openings are formed in the strip and spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis. Each of the first size openings have a first length LF parallel to the longitudinal axis and are located in a corresponding one of a first set of wide portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Wollin, John Gibbons
  • Patent number: 11746994
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface and an upper housing portion, with the upper housing portion configured to be located above the upper lip of the lift bucket with the first securing surface engaged against a surface of the lift bucket. The main light is mounted to the main housing to move between a lower position wherein the main light is positioned below the upper housing portion and an upper position wherein the main light is positioned above the upper housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11717047
    Abstract: A safety helmet fan system includes a fan housing carrying a first fan on a first side of the fan housing and a second fan on a second side of the fan housing and configured to be mounted, by a mount connector located between the first side and the second side, on an exterior of a safety helmet shell above a brim of the safety helmet shell, and an elongate cooling air duct connected to the fan housing to direct cooling air flow from the fan housing around the brim and into an interior of the safety helmet shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Kingston T. Wong
  • Patent number: 11713209
    Abstract: A fish tape system includes a fish tape and a case having a storage compartment that stores the fish tape for deployment from the case. The fish tape has a length extending from a first end to a second end. The length includes a luminescent material that emits light after being energized by exposure to a light source. At least a portion of the case is transparent to allow the luminescent material 22 to be energized by light passing through the transparent portion and into the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel R. Pearson
  • Publication number: 20230114223
    Abstract: A cable grip includes structure to stabilize and center the grip on a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Kargenian, Clayton J. Gable
  • Publication number: 20230100084
    Abstract: A mount module for an accessory mount system that allows an accessory mount/holder to be configured to be mounted onto an aerial work platform/lift bucket via a bucket hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Hargis, John Kargenian
  • Publication number: 20230096816
    Abstract: A cable grip includes a pulling arm/force member having an in-line linkage that minimizes moments on the grip when a pulling force is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Kargenian, Clayton J. Gable
  • Publication number: 20230102378
    Abstract: An accessory mount/holder in the form of a tool holder having a ridged member that has been specially shaped to hold one or two long handles tools without excessive movement of the tools while they are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Hargis, John Kargenian
  • Publication number: 20230098490
    Abstract: A selectively configurable accessory mount/holders wherein several different configurations of mount cartridges or modules can be selectively and interchangeably attached to the accessory mount/holders to selectively configure the accessory mount/holders for different types of attachment to a mount system and/or an aerial work platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Hargis, John Kargenian