Patent Application
20210047158
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The disclosure and prior art relates to jack tools and more particularly pertains to a new jack tool for easier use of scissor jacks.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an adaptor body having an adaptor top side, an adaptor bottom side, an adaptor front side, an adaptor back side, an adaptor left side, and an adaptor right side. The adaptor back side has a crank channel extending towards the adaptor front side. A mounting aperture extends through the adaptor top side, the crank channel, and the adaptor bottom side. The crank channel is configured to receive a crank head of a scissor jack. A mounting bolt is slidably engageable through the mounting aperture and configured to pass through a head aperture of the crank head. A nut is selectively engageable with the mounting bolt to secure the mounting bolt to the adaptor body. A socket receptacle is coupled to the adaptor front side of the adaptor body. The socket receptacle has a socket front side lying in a plane parallel with a plane of the adaptor front side. The socket front side has a square socket aperture extending towards the adaptor body and configured to receive a socket wrench.
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 mounting bolt 34 is slidably engageable through the mounting aperture 28 and is configured to pass through a head aperture 36 of the crank head 30. A nut 38 is selectively engageable with the mounting bolt 34 to secure the mounting bolt 34 to the adaptor body 12 and thus the adaptor body 12 to the crank head 30. The nut 38 may be a wingnut to eliminate the need for tools during installation.
A socket receptacle 40 is coupled to the adaptor body 12. The socket receptacle 40 is cylindrical and coupled to the adaptor front side 18. The socket receptacle 40 has a diameter 42 substantially conforming to a height 44 of the adaptor body and less than a width 46 of the adaptor body to minimize the required size of the apparatus 10. The socket receptacle 40 has a socket front side 48 lying in a plane parallel with a plane of the adaptor front side 18. The socket front side 18 may have a chamfered edge 50 to prevent accidental injury or damage. The socket front side 18 has a square socket aperture 52 extending towards the adaptor body 12 and configured to receive a socket wrench 54.
In use, the adaptor body 12 is placed with the crank head 30 of the scissor jack within the crank channel 26. The mounting bolt 34 is slid through the mounting aperture 28 and the head aperture 36 of the crank head. The nut 38 is then tightened on to the mounting bolt 34. The socket aperture 52 may then be engaged with the socket wrench 54 to operate the scissor jack 32, utilizing a ratchet mechanism 56 of the socket wrench 54 for ease of use.
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.
