Patents by Inventor Barney E. Lewis, Jr.

Barney E. Lewis, Jr. 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).

  • Lock for adjustable wrench
    Patent number: 5154103
    Abstract: A lock for an adjustable wrench to lock the adjustable jaw of the wrench in adjusted position. The lock includes a slide mounted on the wrench handle adjacent the head of the wrench for longitudinal slidable and guided movement with a thumb receiving member at the end of the slide remote from the wrench head and an arcuately curved recess on the inner surface of the slide engaging with the rotatable worm wheel used to adjust the adjustable jaw of the wrench thereby retaining the worm wheel and adjustable jaw in adjusted position by frictional engagement between the slide and worm wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Inventor: Barney E. Lewis, Jr.