Patents Assigned to Socket Butler Inc.
  • Patent number: 5490438
    Abstract: A tool for removing a broken incandescent light bulb has a handle with a head projecting therefrom and preferably a resilient gripping member which snugly enshrouds the head, to frictionally engage an inner wall of the base of a broken light bulb such that when the tool is rotated the base can be dislodged from a light bulb socket. In a preferred embodiment a collar with stiffening ribs surrounds the tool, positioned to protect the user's hand from falling shards of glass. In a further preferred embodiment an accessory tool having one or more heads of different sizes is adapted to fit within a hollow end of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1996
    Assignee: Socket Butler Inc.
    Inventors: Alan L. Zupo, Roger G. Brown
  • Patent number: D364323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Socket Butler Inc.
    Inventors: Alan L. Zupo, Roger G. Brown