Patents by Inventor Carl E. Skiba

Carl E. Skiba has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Locking assembly for maintaining a box wrench engaged with a bolthead
    Patent number: 5323672
    Abstract: A locking assembly is placed in a web area of a box wrench and includes a ball that is resiliently biased outwardly of the plane of that web into a position to engage one surface of a bolthead. The engagement between the ball and the bolthead maintains the box wrench engaged with the bolthead. The ball can be forced back into the web area to permit the wrench to move past the bolthead. The ball is biased outwardly by a resilient pad. In another form of the invention, a resilient snap ring maintains the ball in the web area, with a ball seating surface being defined in that web area The ball is held in place by edges of either a housing or by edges positioned on the web area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1994
    Inventor: Carl E. Skiba
  • Box wrench
    Patent number: D359212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventor: Carl E. Skiba