Patent Application
20190125023
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The disclosure and prior art relates to installation tools and more particularly pertains to a new installation tool for installing safety eyes in fabric.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first handle that is pivotally coupled to a second handle. A first bar and a second bar are coupled to and extend from a first end of the first handle and a first terminus of the second handle, respectively. A channel is positioned in the second bar distal from the second handle. The channel is configured to insert a rod of a safety eye that is positioned through a fabric and a washer. An eye of the safety eye is configured to abut the first bar. The first handle and the second handle are configured to be grasped in a hand of a user to pivot the first bar is toward the second bar. The washer is motivated along the rod toward the eye to couple washer to the rod and the eye to the fabric.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A first bar 16 is coupled to and extends from a first end 18 of the first handle 12. A second bar 20 is coupled to and extends from a first terminus 22 of the second handle 14. In one embodiment, the first bar 16 and second bar 20 are arcuate.
A channel 24 is positioned in the second bar 20 distal from the second handle 14. The channel 24 is complementary to a rod of a safety eye. The channel 24 is configured to insert the rod of the safety eye that is positioned through a fabric and a washer. An eye of the safety eye is configured to abut an endpoint 40 of the first bar 16. The first handle 12 and the second handle 14 are configured to be grasped in a hand of a user to pivot to compel the first bar 16 toward the second bar 20. The washer is motivated along the rod toward the eye to couple washer to the rod and the eye to the fabric.
A sleeve 26 that is complementary to the first bar 16 is positioned over the first bar 16. The sleeve 26 is resilient. The sleeve 26 is configured to abut the eye of the safety eye to prevent damage of the eye during installation. In one embodiment, the sleeve 26 is coupled to the second bar 20. In another embodiment, the sleeve 26 comprises shrink wrap.
A first hole 28 is positioned through the first handle 12 proximate to first end 18. A second hole 30 is positioned through the second handle 14 proximate to the first terminus 22. The second hole 30 is complementary to the first hole 28. A pin 32 that is complementary the first hole 28 and the second hole 30 is positioned through the first hole 28 and the second hole 30. The first handle 12 and the second handle 14 are pivotally coupled.
In one embodiment, each of a pair of grips 34 is coupled singly to the first handle 12 and the second handle 14. The grips 34 are configured to prevent slippage of the hand of the user when pivoting the first handle 12 and the second handle 14.
In another embodiment, a plurality of serrations 36 is positioned in inside faces 38 of the first bar 16 and the second bar 20. The serrations 36 are triangularly shaped when viewed longitudinally.
In use, the channel 24 is configured to insert the rod of the safety eye that is positioned through the fabric and the washer. The sleeve 26 that is positioned on the first bar 16 is configured to abut the eye of the safety eye to prevent damage of the eye during the installation. The first handle 12 and the second handle 14 are configured to be grasped in the hand of the user to pivot to compel the first bar 16 toward the second bar 20. The washer is motivated along the rod toward the eye to couple washer to the rod and the eye to the fabric. The grips 34 are configured to prevent slippage of the hand of the user when pivoting the first handle 12 and the second handle 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
