Abstract: An apparatus is adapted for enabling a worker to install a top beam "C" clamp on a roof or ceiling beam, or to remove a previously installed clamp, without having to climb up to the level of the beam. The apparatus includes a structure for supporting the clamp and for positioning the clamp in an installation position on the beam or other suitable member. A socket assembly is associated with the clamp supporting structure and is adapted to drive either the clamp bolt or the nut received on the bolt when the clamp is properly supported on the clamp supporting structure. A driving assembly is connected to the socket assembly to enable the operator of the apparatus to rotate or drive the sockets to rotate either the clamp bolt or the nut received on the bolt. The socket assembly is adapted to be positioned through the driving assembly in either a bolt driving position or a nut driving position in which the bolt and nut, respectively, are properly engaged for driving.

Abstract: A resilient socket is arranged for mounting to a shaft structure in a coaxially aligned relationship, wherein the resilient socket is arranged to receive a fastener such as a nut and bolt or the like permitting grasping thereof for its remote manipulation and securement.

Abstract: An accessory (10) for a wrench socket (12) is disclosed including a generally cylindrical magnet (32) secured to a generally cylindrical, nonmagnetic, compressible disk (26, 126). The disk (26, 126) has a shape having at least a portion (52) extending over the inner periphery of the well (14) of the socket (12) and is deformable under force to pass into and snuggly fit within the well (14) and magnetically insulate the magnet (32) from the socket (12). The magnet (32) has a size smaller than the well (14) and is secured to the disk (26, 126) generally concentrically within the well (14), with an air space being created between the magnet (32) and the well (14) for magnetically insulating the magnet (32) from the socket (12) in the most preferred form.

Abstract: A multi-fastener assembly tool (10, 10' and 10") for engaging at least one threaded fastener (14) for securing the fastener to a threaded stud (20) includes a member (26) having a fastener locating and holding mechanism (27) at one end. The fastener locating and holding mechanism is adapted to be squeezed through the fastener to retain it on the member. The member is seated within, and is springbased from, a circumferentially disposed socket (32) sized to engage the fastener. A shaft (42), having a handle (44) at one end, is integrated to the socket to allow a force to be applied to urge the socket against the member once the fastener locating and holding means are aligned with the stud. As the socket is urged against the member, the threaded fastener is seated in the socket and is then pushed off the member to the stud. Once the fasteners is at the stud, a rotational motion is imparted to the handle to thread the fastener onto the stud.

Abstract: A magnetic socket holder for use with socket wrenches in which the ball detent has failed. The socket holder includes a donut-shaped magnet which is received within a stainless steel cup having a central hole through which the drive shaft of the socket wrench may pass. The magnet is adhesively secured to the interior of the stainless steel cup, and at least a portion of the exposed faces of the donut-shaped magnet are covered by a resilient coating. The coating serves to protect the magnet against breakage due to mechanical shock. Additionally, the coating will retain the magnet within its roughly donut-shaped configuration, even if the magnet is broken, due to the adhesion between the coating and the magnet. The exposed faces of the stainless steel cup and the resilient coating may be roughened or knurled such that they may be manually grasped with ease in environments in which grease or oil are prevalent.

Abstract: A wrench includes a positioning device for engagement with an object to be driven in order to retain the object in place relative to the head portion of the wrench. The positioning device includes a protrusion formed on the head portion, a depression formed in the protrusion, a spring and a stub received in the depression. The stub is biased outward of the protrusion for engagement with the object.

Abstract: An adjustable universal ratchet wrench consisting of a forged handle, ratcheting mechanism and a multi-configurated socket with adjustment bolt for opening and closing fire hydrant valves and removal and replacement of hydrant caps of various shapes and sizes.

Abstract: A head bolt and associated socket includes a head portion associated with the bolt configured for enhanced grasping thereof by a complementary tool member. A first and second multifaceted stepped torque application head surface of the head bolt are utilized for the spreading of torque loads to the head surfaces of the bolt minimizing distortion by or deformation of the head surfaces during torquing. A modified aspect of the invention includes an adhesive sealing fluid contained within the head bolt selectively utilized and directed by the socket.

Abstract: A driving tool comprising a magnet and compression spring assembly insertable into a socket is disclosed. The insertable assembly comprises a flexible stem internal to the spring in the axis of rotation allowing the spring to compress and proving a straightening and travel limiting function. The nut or bolt is conveniently placed at the top edge of the socket for easy removal following disassembly, or positioning prior to a driving operation.

Abstract: A device for feeding apertured parts by inserting a guide rod for a feed rod into the aperture of a part in the temporarily secured state. This device is characterized in that the feed rod has a flat cross-section and the amount of removal of its material on one side thereof is greater than on the other side, and in that a part locking section is provided on the ceiling of the temporarily securing chamber on the side where the amount of removal is greater. Further, a guide member is provided which extends parallel with the guide rod for preventing rotation of parts. The length of the guide rod is less than that of the guide member to provide a rolling space for parts.

Abstract: A cover member and replacing tool for disconnecting a cover from a sprinkler and removing it and also for replacing a cover on a sprinkler and connecting it. The tool has a handle with a cap member for placing over a cover. The cap member cooperates with radially placed outstanding lugs on the cover to rotate it in one direction to disconnect it and in the opposite direction to connect it. The cap member has projections extending therefrom for engaging surfaces on the cover for lifting it. The projections are movable for disengagement from the cover after the cover has been replaced and connected.

Abstract: An accessory (10) for a wrench socket (12) is disclosed including a generally cylindrical magnet (32) secured to a generally cylindrical, nonmagnetic, compressible disk (26). The disk (26) has a shape having at least portions extending over the inner periphery of the well (14) of the socket (12) and is deformable under force to pass into and snuggly fit within the well (14) and magnetically insulate the magneti (32) from the socket (12). The magnet (32) has a size smaller than the well (14) and is secured to the disk (26) generally concentrically within the well (14), with an air space being created between the magnet (32) and the well (14) for magnetically insulating the magnet (32) from the socket (12) in the most preferred form.

Abstract: A drain plug remover for vehicle engine oil pans includes a drain plug holding socket, a shield member and a handle. The socket, made of a resilient material, is formed having an open end which is slightly smaller than the head of the drain plug and includes longitudinal slits in its side wall, wherein, when the socket is pressed upon the drain plug, the socket expands to grasp the plug. An alternative means of holding the drain plug is by use of a magnet located within the socket. A shield member extends outwardly from the base of the socket, preferably in the form of a plate having an outer lip which curves towards the open end of the socket, thereby forming a concave, saucer-like receptacle to initially catch and subsequently deflect the flow of dirty oil away from the hand of the user. Extending from the shield member, opposing the socket, is a handle which the user grasps during removal and replacement of the drain plug. The handle includes longitudinal ridges to aid grasping and rotation of the tool.

Abstract: An apparatus for feeding slender parts has a feed rod adapted to magnetically hold a slender part on its front end, and a projecting piece formed on the front end of the feed rod for supporting the part from below. In the case of a headed slender part such as a projection bolt, the projecting piece includes a stopper portion for receiving the head and a support portion for supporting the stem portion of the part. When the feed rod is extended until it reaches a predetermined position, the effect of the magnetic force on the part is forcibly nullified, with the result that the part, while rotatively rising, falls under its own weight to fit in a bolt hole or the like in a mating member positioned below.

Abstract: A tool is provided for loosening or tightening a spark plug while interposing a gasket and a pressure sensor between the spark plug and a cylinder head. The tool consists of concentric, relatively rotatable inner and outer cylinders. The inner cylinder is engageable with the spark plug for rotation together therewith and for loosening or tightening the same. The outer cylinder is lockingly engageable with a cylinder head by means of an axial projection of the outer cylinder and a groove of the cylinder head. The outer cylinder is further lockingly engageable with the gasket by means of a locking leg of the outer cylinder and a peripheral cut of the gasket. The gasket is thus lockingly engageable with the cylinder head by way of the outer cylinder for preventing the pressure sensor from rotating relative to the cylinder head when the spark plug is loosened or tightened.

Abstract: Fastener drivers are modified by fastening a flexible strap of magnetic material adjacent the driving end of the tool. The fastener is retained on the tool by the magnetic force provided by the strap thus freeing the hands of the user. The strap may be conveniently adapted to a variety of driving tool.

Abstract: A drive socket for driving a fastener having a head into a workpiece, and constructed according to the teachings of the present invention, comprises a movable member having a socket and a sleeve having a bottom end. The movable or socket member is capable of axial movement with respect to the surrounding sleeve. An actuable member connects the movable member to the sleeve. The socket member is offset a predetermined distance upwardly from the bottom end of the sleeve. The actuable member positively restricts the axial movement of the movable member with respect to the sleeve so as to permit changing of the distance between the socket and the bottom end of the sleeve from a distance somewhat larger than the axial thickness of the head of the fastener to a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the head of the fastener in order to fully seat the fastener within the workpiece.

Abstract: A system for fastening at least a pair of plies of fabric together utilizing a helical member having body portion of a certain pitch. The helical member also includes a sharpened tip and an end portion with a loop which lies in a plane which intersects the helical path of the helical member. A tool constructed with a gripping portion and a hollow portion connected to the same is employed to turn the helical member through the adjacent plies of fabric. The hollow portion is provided with a helical surface which is intended to contact the helical member. The pitch of the helical surface of the hollow member is opposite to that of the helical member.

Abstract: A tool for rotatably driving a fastening member includes a hollow tubular shank having a socket coupled to one end thereof in communication therewith for receiving an associated rotatable fastener member. A helical compression spring is disposed coaxially within the shank, having the outer end thereof affixed to a magnet disposed for magnetic engagement with the fastening member received in the socket, and having an end coil at the other end thereof disposed outside the other end of the shank with an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the shank, the other end of the shank being received in a bore in a handle for cooperation therewith to trap the end coil of the spring, therebetween.

Abstract: An accessory (10) for a wrench socket (12) is disclosed including a generally cylindrical, ceramic magnet (32) secured to the second face (30) of a generally cylindrical, nonmagnetic, compressible disk (26). The disk (26) has a shape having at least portions extending over the inner periphery of the wall (14) of the socket (12) and is deformable under force to pass into and snuggly fit within the well (14) and magnetically insulate the magnet (32) from the socket (12). The magnet (32) has a size smaller than the well (14) and is secured to the disk (26) generally concentrically within the well (14) creating an air space between the magnet (32) and the well (14) for magnetically insulating the magnet (32) from the socket (12).

Abstract: A socket for grippingly engaging the polygonal portion of a threaded fastener having deteriorated head surfaces and for transferring a moment from a tool to the fastener to turn the fastener. The socket includes a socket body, a receptacle for mating with a drive end of tool, a polygonal receptacle for receiving the polygonal portion of a fastener, and at least one set screw mounted in the socket body for urging a fastener received within the polygonal receptacle against a wall segment of the polygonal receptacle. A wrench for turning the socket is also disclosed.

Abstract: A spark plug tool for installing a spark plug utilizes a flexible shaft. The flexible shaft secures to a tubular housing on one end. A handle locates on the other end of the flexible shaft. The tubular housing has internal polygonal sides formed in it for mating with polygonal sides of a spark plug. A resilient liner located in the housing grips the insulation sheath of the spark plug to retain the spark plug with the housing. The shaft can be detached from the housing after it has been used to initially tighten the spark plug. A square hole formed in the upper end of the housing will receive a conventional socket torque tool.

Abstract: A tubular body member has an interior hexagon socket end arranged to freely receive the hexagon end base of a spark plug. An elongated groove is provided in the hexagon socket end which receives a leaf spring secured at one of its ends and arranged to engage a portion of the hexagon base of a spark plug for releasably holding the spark plug in the wrench. The tubular body member also has a body portion of reduced diameter relative to the hexagon socket end, such reduced diameter portion allowing the wrench to be worked in tight places.

Abstract: A screw holding device of elastic material is provided having a tube-shaped top end and a dome-shaped bottom end for fitting securely over the head of a screw or bolt to insure the availability of the screw or bolt by its being held securely in the dome end's interior multiple gripping means which are easily releasable when the screw or bolt is seated.

Abstract: An improved adapter sleeve comprises a cylinder-shaped adapter sleeve which has a lower adapter and an upper adapter. The lower adapter has a square recess hole, and the upper adapter has a hexagonal recess hole. The bottom surface of the upper adapter includes a rectangular surface and two symmetrically inclined triangular surfaces. The rectangular surface is disposed between the two inclined triangular surfaces. The angle between the retangular surface and each of the two triangular surfaces is no more than 45.degree. and no less than 5.degree..

Abstract: A fire hydrant cap and actuating tool for use therewith provide enhanced security for fire hydrants and increased safety when using the tool. The cap is forged of 8620 carbon steel; is provided with an internal steel lock washer of cadmium plate steel, and includes thereon a forged, external slip ring of 8620 carbon steel with lubrication between the slip ring and cap. The tool which is used in combination with the cap includes a gripper which fits under the slip ring to prevent the tool from slipping, a spanner wrench and a hexagonal socket with a screw for gripping rounded-off valve stems.

Abstract: A lug nut storage attachment for a power driven lug nut remover which comprises a cylindrical member engaged, and rotatable with the lug nut remover, the cylindrical member having a storage chamber for receiving lug nuts. A portion of the cylindrical member engages the lug nut for loosening the same and has a passageway for conveying the lug nut to the storage chamber. The cylindrical member is provided with an opening through which the lug nuts may be removed from the storage chamber. A tubular member is in sleeved engagement with the cylindrical member, the tubular member being slidable longitudinally on the cylindrical member to a first position in covering engagement with the cylindrical member opening, and to a second position in which the opening is exposed to permit removal of the lug nuts from the storage chamber. Complemental locking members on the cylindrical and tubular members maintain the latter in covering engagement with the cylindrical member opening during operation of the lug nut.

Abstract: An adaptor and driver unit for rotatably inserting threaded anchors into a seating position in drilled holes in rock, masonry, concrete and the like, comprising a driver with a threaded hole on the lower end into which the upper end of a threaded anchor is releasably mounted, and an adaptor releasably attached to the upper end of the driver and being adapted to be connected to a power drive means.

Abstract: A shielding piece is adapted to be placed over the end of a socket wrench to protect the finish of decorative nuts from marring by the socket during wrenching operations, the shielding piece formed from a cushioning glass filled polyurethane material sufficiently soft to be non-marring to the nut and wheel surfaces. The shielding piece is configured with an inner liner portion and an outer shell portion joined together so that when in place the inside and outside of the open end of the socket is completely covered to protect the adjacent wheel and hub surfaces from marring by the socket as the nuts are wrenched tight. A composite preferred version of the shielding piece is also disclosed, in which an aluminum liner is molded to a polyurethane nose piece, the aluminum liner being highly resistant to compression failure while being sufficiently soft to be non-marring to the nut wrenching surfaces. A lug wrench adapter having an attached shielding piece is also disclosed.

Abstract: An attachment to a socket wrench and the like carries a rocker arm in a recess in the body of the attachment. The rocker arm rocks about a shaft inserted transversely of the arm in a pair of apertures in the attachment body. At one end of the arm a compression spring seated in a concavity in the attachment body urges a detent carried on the other end of the arm to enter through an opening into the engaging receptacle at the other end of the body.A nut forced into the engaging receptacle cams the end of the detent outwardly of the receptacle, and when the nut is seated, the action of the spring on the arm causes the nut to be retained. By simply pressing on the arm against the spring, the spring may be further compressed to release a nut in the engaging receptacle.

Abstract: An oil filter accessory is disclosed to facilitate installation and/or removal of an oil filter from an automobile engine or the like. The oil filter accessory includes a housing having at least one open adapted to fit over canister-type oil filter. The housing is capable of being locked relative to the oil filter to secure the housing against the rotation relative to the oil filter. The locking may be accomplished by a suitable circumferential clamp, pivoting locking lever(s), internal locking surfaces or other equivalent structure to prevent rotation of the housing relative to the oil filter. Suitably configured and dimensioned hand wrenching elements are operably associated with the housing to enable a user to physically grip and rotate the oil filter in either direction for tightening or loosening same relative to the automobile engine or the like.

Abstract: A shotgun choke wrench and case for installing, storing and removing shotgun chokes. The shotgun choke wrench and case comprises: an outer tube that acts as a wrench handle and a container, and an inner element that is a wrench and is also capable of holding a choke. The shotgun choke wrench and case also comprises a detent ball or a push button and spring as a retaining mechanism and a pair of ball bearings for ease of movement and guidance when the inner part extends out of the outer tube. The shotgun choke wrench and case has two positions, the case position and the wrench position. In the case position, the outer tube serves as a container while the inner part which holds onto a choke fits completely inside the outer tube to form the base of the container. In the wrench position, the inner part extends from the outer tube, holds the choke and acts as a wrench to install or remove the choke from the barrel of the shotgun.

Abstract: A device for screwing a self-tapping member into a smooth hole provided in a structure which is intended to house the member comprises a tubular body for connection to the motor-driven shaft of a screwdriver and a cylindrical element which is situated within the tubular body, projects from the end face of the latter and is articulated to the tubular body about two mutually-perpendicular axes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body itself.

Abstract: A socket tool for multi-faced fasteners such as nuts, bolts, and the like, having at least one resiliently biased rollably mounted retainer pin which interacts with at least one face of the multi-faced fastener to keep the multi-faced fastener received by the socket of the socket tool in axial alignment therewith irrespective of the orientation of the socket. An hexagonally shaped socket is preferred, having a resiliently biased rollably mounted retainer pin in every other face of the socket. An annular flange is provided integral with the socket wall. The annular flange has an annular slot along its periphery and further has a cut-out contiguous along every other face of the socket. Each cut-out has a width exceeding the width of the face of the socket to which it is contiguous. A retainer pin is located in each cut-out adjacent the socket. A retainer key having a straight edge and a curved edge is located in the retainer slot, the straight edge abutting the retainer pin.

Abstract: A tool set includes a T-shaped handle, a connector unit having a truncately conical cavity, a screw tap and a screwdriver piece. A socket having a truncately conical end is secured to the handle and has a hexagonal cavity formed in the end surface thereof, and an annular groove formed in the inner surface of the socket. A retaining ring is received within the groove. Both the connector unit and the screwdriver piece have a hexagonal cross-sectioned plug which has circumferentially concaved portions. By matching the truncately conical cavity of the connector unit with the truncately conical end of the socket, and by engaging the hexagonal cavity of the handle with the plug in such a manner that the retaining ring snaps into the concaved portions of the plug, the assembly of the handle, the connector unit and the tap can form a T-handle-type tapping tool, or the assembly of the handle and the screwdriver piece can form a T-handle-type screwdriver.

Abstract: A tool for rotatably driving a fastening member includes a hollow tubular shank closed at one end by a handle fixed thereto and having coupled to the other end thereof in communication therewith a socket for receiving an associated rotatable fastening member. A helical compression spring is disposed coaxially within the shank, having the inner end thereof embedded in a body of adhesive material and having the outer end thereof fixed to the keeper of a magnet disposed for magnetic engagement with a fastening member received in the socket. In assembly, the adhesive material is inserted in the shank in a fluid state, the inner end of the spring is immersed in the fluid, and the adhesive is then cured to a solid state.

Abstract: A socket wrench extension is used with one of a plurality of removable sockets having different depths. The extension has a threaded magnetic head and a shank. The shank has a driving and driven end. A threaded axial bore extends into the driving end but falls short of the driven end. The driven end has a drive receiving portion. The shank also has at its driving end a polygonal portion with a polygonal cross-section. The magnetic head is threaded partially into the bore to extend beyond the driving end. Thus the threaded magnetic head can be adjustably extended from the driving end to bring the magnetic head into a position consistent with the different depths of the removable sockets.

Abstract: The automatic positioning device for screwing and unscrewing a nut (9) on a screwing element (4) formed, for example, by a pin or a threaded rod comprises an externally threaded bush (24) for transferring the nut (9) and an arrangement for the axial centering and angular wedging of the bush (24) relative to the screwing element (4), to generate a continuous helical slope between the external threads (26) of the bush (24) and the threads (8) of the screwing element (4).

Abstract: A drain plug removing device includes a clip for rotatably engaging and selectively holding a head of a threaded drain plug. The clip has an axis of rotation and includes a pair of openable jaws urged together by a spring. The device includes a selectively bendable, flexible shaft attached to the clip at one end thereof, the shaft being formed of a reboundable coil spring extending away from the clip along the axis of rotation of the clip when the shaft is in an unflexed configuration. The shaft has a handle at another end thereof opposite the clip, such that rotation of the handle applies rotational force to the shaft, which in turn applies rotational force to the clip to cause rotation of the clip and a drain plug held therein. A drain plug can be removed from a crankcase oil pan with the device of the invention without spilling oil onto the fingers and without dropping the plug into a drainage catch basin or funnel beneath the oil pan.

Abstract: This invention is a socket insert to protect the finely finished surfaces of machinery and the nuts and bolts associated therewith. This protective insert is in the form of a nonmetallic material and is so sized that it will fit into a standard socket type tool with a smaller opening therein for engaging the nut or bolt to be manipulated. Because of a flare on the outer edge of the insert, the finish on the machinery that the nut or bolt is being used in conjunction with, will also be protected.

Abstract: The NUT GRABBER provides through mechanical means, an open, box, or combination wrench which will retain the removed nut in the wrench after it is removed.

Abstract: A quick-change adapter for rotary devices such as power drills comprises a shaft that can be inserted in a chuck of the powered rotary tool. The shaft is coupled to and is coaxial with a tool holder that inlcudes means for retaining a tool and means for driving the tool. The retaining means typically involve one or more spring-loaded balls that engage a groove or detent in the tool. The driving means include a shape that is not circular, to engage a corresponding shape on the tool to apply torque, and a surface having a component that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the adapter to enable the application of force in an axial direction. Tools such as drills, screw drivers, and the like are rendered usable with the adapter by receiving a shaft to fit the adapter and couple torque from the adapter, a groove or detent to fit the retaining means, and a shoulder or the like to apply axial thrust.

Abstract: A tool equipped with a nut receiving socket with a tubular shaft extending rearwardly from the socket terminating in a handle. Housed within a shaft bore is a slidable pin having a forward segment normally projecting outwardly from the socket to permit manual placement thereon of washers and a nut element. The pin is biased forwardly by a helical spring with pin retraction occurring upon pin abutment with a threaded shaft to permit transfer of the washers and starting of the nut element onto the threaded shaft and the subsequent driving of the nut element.

Abstract: A drain plug removing device includes a rotatable socket for engaging and selectively holding a head of a drain plug. One end of a flexible line is connected to the rotatable socket, and the other end of the line is secured to a support to prevent the socket and drain plug from falling further than the length of the line if dropped and to support the line and the socket holding the drain plug. A method for removing a threaded drain plug from a collection pan includes the steps of engaging a rotatable socket with a head of a drain plug, the socket having a line connected thereto, securing an end of the line opposite the socket to a support, and rotating the socket to remove the drain plug.

Abstract: A wrench retaining clip mounts on the shank of a wrench and is operative to retain a working head of the wrench in an engaged position on a nut or bolt head of a threaded bolt. The clip includes a channel-shaped yoke which extends partially around the wrench shank. A prong member extends longitudinally from the yoke and has a free end adapted to engage the threads of the bolt, and the yoke is slideable on the wrench shank to move the prong into and out of this engaged position. A releaseable locking mechanism is formed by a pair of resilient arcuate arms extending from the yoke in a semi-circle. These arms may releaseably embrace the working head of the wrench to lock the yoke and prong into the engaged position with the prong being biased into thread engagement. A notch is preferably formed at the free end of the prong to mate with adjacent side surfaces of the nut or bolt head where thread engagement is difficult or impossible.

Abstract: In a tool bit driver, a body suitable for mounting on a square drive of a socket wrench is provided with a bit socket adapted for receiving a tool bit at one end of the body, and diametrically opposed grooves are formed to extend longitudinally within the socket. A spring is provided with resilient fingers seated within the socket grooves, and reversely bent ends are formed on each spring finger for engaging the bit in surface-to-surface contact for positively and releasably securing the bit in a driving position within the socket.

Abstract: An adjustable socket-type oil filter wrench having a cup-like socket member for receiving an oil filter cartridge, a plurality of pivotable gripping arms circumferentially spaced about the socket member for radially inward and outward relative movement, and a cam arrangement for producing coordinated pivotal movement of the gripping arms for progressive gripping engagement with the circumferential periphery of an oil filter cartridge to apply removal torque thereto. The pivotal dispostion of the gripping arms enables the wrench to be used with oil filters of all conventional sizes.

Abstract: A tool component for supporting a fastening device (such as a bolt) in a straight and rigid position. When the head of the device and the component are inserted into a socket implement the device itself can be used for leverage to move the material objects being fastened by the device, by inserting the opposite end of said device through the holes, so as to align the holes, in the material object being fastened by said device.To support said device for facilitating the starting of the installation of same device.Said component being readily able to be removed from the device once the installation of the device is started so as not to interfere with the completion of the installation of same device.Said component (FIG. 1) comprising two device supports (20). Said supports having a cutout (22) on the inside surface of the supports, so when same are placed on a fastening device they are able to encompass a portion of the same device (26).

Abstract: A generally U-shaped attachment of resilient sheet metal is adapted to be axially captured relative to the drive shank and wrench socket of a socket wrench assembly so as to extend along opposite sides of the socket and then inwardly of the fastener receiving opening in the wrench socket to releaseably retain the head of the fastener therein during application or removal of the fastener from a mating part. The inwardly extending portions of the attachment provide cam surfaces which facilitate reception, retention and removal of a fastener head from the wrench socket opening.

Abstract: An improved wrench which retains nuts and bolts for use in areas to which access is difficult or in which there is limited clearance. The wrench includes retaining apparatus for holding a nut or bolt in place, which apparatus is internally located in the closed end of the box wrench. The retaining apparatus is slidingly mounted so it automatically adapts itself to the particular face or side of the wrench being used.