Patents by Inventor Robert L. Knox

Robert L. Knox 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).

  • Patent number: 6003411
    Abstract: A salvage tool for removing worn, damaged or seized threaded fasteners includes a socket body having formed therein a fastener-receiving recess with an axis of rotation, the recess having a plurality of substantially flat planar surfaces arranged in a polygonal configuration and substantially parallel to said axis, with each of said flat planar surfaces having projecting laterally inwardly therefrom a fastener-engaging surface with inner and outer ends spaced apart in use substantially axially, each fastener-engaging surface being arcuate in transverse cross-section perpendicular to said axis and sloping away from said axis from said inner end toward said outer end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Snap-on Tools Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Knox, James R. Wise
  • Patent number: 5542322
    Abstract: A compact, foldable wrench having a head for engaging a threaded fastener to be rotated, and a handle pivotally attached to the head for use in a folded position substantially surrounding the head or an open position projecting radially from the head. The head may contain an opening to receive a fastener head (e.g., may be in the form of a box wrench), or alternatively, it may house a ratchet mechanism adapted to receive a drive socket or other fastener drive. In another embodiment, the head may house a screw driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: J. H. Williams Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Knox, John C. Reddy
  • Patent number: D359211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: J. H. Williams Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Knox, John C. Reddy
  • Patent number: D371298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: J. H. Williams Company
    Inventors: John C. Reddy, Robert L. Knox