Patents by Inventor Walter P. Shiel

Walter P. Shiel 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: 4328720
    Abstract: A socket wrench tool set. A hollow drive ring is retained in an annular head of a socket wrench and is rotatable therein in both directions. The wheel has a ratcheted outer peripheral portion and an interior female drive ring portion with a prismatic driving inner periphery at one end and a circular cylindrical inner periphery at the other end joined by a flat shelf. The cylindrical inner periphery has a diameter greater than that of the largest bolt with which the wrench is to be used. A ratchet pawl is mounted on the handle for engagement with the ratcheted outer peripheral portion. A series of removable sockets is provided; each has at one end a prismatic outer periphery sized for fitting in the drive ring; an inner prismatic periphery at the other end drives a nut or bolt head, and a large circular cylindrical opening, nearly as large as the distance between the opposing walls of that inner prism, extends therethrough to enable passage of a bolt all the way therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Inventor: Walter P. Shiel