Patents by Inventor Vern Penner

Vern Penner 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: 6167785
    Abstract: A tool for quickly removing or replacing threaded fasteners such as nuts or bolts has a spool-like body with an axial bore. A socket in the bore is dimensioned to engage a fastener. A flexible member can be wrapped around a circumferential channel in the body. A user can loosen or tighten A fastener by wrapping the flexible member around the channel and pulling on a pull ring on the free end of the flexible member. The tool is particularly well adapted to removing or tightening nuts or bolts in constricted spaces such are encountered when repairing automotive engines or other machinery. The tool is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. The tool may be provided in a kit having several tools for turning fasteners of several standard sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Inventor: Vern Penner