Hex key gripping aid
CA 2301974 A1 · Owner: Maxtech Manufacturing Inc. · Inventors: Vasudeva, Kailash C.
Overview
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Hex keys or like tools of various sizes may be inserted into the gripping aid to provide, a better grip and additional torque when using such tools. The device has an elongated, body with hex key accepting slots at each end and longitudinal cavities of different, dimensions for an arm of the hex key. In a preferred embodiment a locking , collar to, secure the hex key in place in the body is provided. The locking collar has openings, extending across its face which rotate from a hex key accepting position to a hex key, locking position.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 21, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 21, 2020.
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