US2881648A

US2881648A - Spanner wrench

Info

Publication number: US2881648A
Application number: US668815A
Authority: US
Inventors: Dwight E Hottle
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1957-06-28
Filing date: 1957-06-28
Publication date: 1959-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 1976-04-14

Description

April 14, 1959 D, E, HOTTLE 2,881,648

SPANNER WRENCH Filed June 28, 195'7 INVENTOR. DWIGHT E. HOTTLE BY M ATTORNEY United States Patent SPANNER WRENCH Dwight E. Hottle, Silver Lake, Ohio Application June 28, 1957, Serial No. 668,815 3 Claims. (Cl. 81--90) This invention relates to golfing accessories, and in particular, relates to a golfing accessory that is capable of performing the dual function of setting a tee and tightcning a golf cleat of the type normally provided on a golfers shoe.

In 'co-pending application Serial No. 514,083, of Dwight E. Hottle, filed June 8, 1955, for Golfing Accessory" for Positioning Golf Tee, and now US. Patent 2,801,852 there was disclosed an improved type of golfingaccessory of the type above described. In this accessory, there was'provided a unitary body that had a blind bore extending inwardly from one ground or cleat engaging end and which also had a slotted side wall to accommodate and facilitate reception of the tee within this blindbo're. In addition, this co-pending application also disclosed the'use of;pin members that were provided the ground or cleat engaging end surface of the accessorytool so that upon tightening .of the handle that a turning or tightening'action could be effectuated upon the cleats of the shoes of a golfer.

While the above type. of bufiiing accessory has been foundto be generally satisfactory in usage, it has been found that'in use as a wrench for tightening the cleats,

that the pin members being embedded in the plastic material that forms the body, oftentimes break upon the application of extreme turning force by the user. Specifically, it has been found that since these pins are disposed in the region surrounding the blind bore within which the cleat may be received, that the same are separated from the blind bore by a relatively thin wall section, which, upon application of extreme turning force by the user, tends to break or otherwise give way to thus permit the pin to fall out with the result that the tightening function of the wrench is prematurely destroyed, although the same will still possess utility as a tee-setting device.

It has been found that if the individual pin structure of the above referred-to co-pending application is replaced with a unitary pin member, that includes projecting pins that are interconnected by an arcuate member, that improved results will occur in view of the fact that the arcuate member, as well as the shank end of the pin, will at all times be embedded within the body material so as to provide additional surfaces and points of support for the projecting ends of the pins during use as a wrench.

It accordingly becomes a principal object of this invention to provide an improved type of golfing accessory that has a combined usage as a tee-setter and a golfing wrench, and further characterized by the fact that the same is adaptable to withstanding higher applications of turning torque when in use as a wrench.

It is a still further object of this invention to provide an improved golfing accessory of the type described that is characterized by extreme ruggedness of the wrench feature thereof, and further characterized by the fact that the unitary pin assembly portion can be inexpensively and accurately positioned with respect to the body of the golfing accessory with a minimum amount of difiiculty.

2,88 l ,648 Patented Apr. I 14, 1959 ICE These and other objects of the invention will become more apparent upon a reading of the following brief specification, considered and interpreted in the light of the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an end elevation accessory.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a view taken on the lines. 3, 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the improved pin unit.

Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating the removal of a cleat by use of the improved golfing accessory.

Referring now to the drawings and in particular to Figures 1 through 3 thereof, the improved tee-holder,

of the improved golfing generally designated by the numeral 10, is shown as being defined by a grippinghandle 11 and a circular body portion. 12 that joins with. the gripping handle 11 so as to form therewith a tee-shaped holder 10; the arrangement being such that an enlarged portion 13 defines a ground or cleat-engaging surface 14, with the pin unit 15 being capable of coaction with the golf cleat C as shown in Figure 5, so that removal or tightening of the cleat C may be effectuated upon turning of the handle 11. Also, and as best shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, the one face of the accessory 10 may be provided with an undercut area indicated generally by the numeral 16, within which advertising medium or other descriptive lettering illustrated in Figure -2 and Figure-3, is shown leading into a blind bore indicated generally by the numeral 21 and extending axially inwardly of the body portion 12 from the end surface 14 to an internal end surface 23, with the sidewall portion of the bore 21 being tapered in complemental relationship to an outlined configuration of a golf tee so that portion 24 of slot 21 may accommodate the head of the tee while the shank or the lower portion of the tee may be received within the portion 25.

It is to be understood in this regard that slot 20 leads directly into the bore 21 with this relationship best being shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, and in this manner, the tee can be passed through the slot 20 for positioning and retention within the bore 21 as has been previously described and explained in connection with the above referred-to co-pending application.

Referring next to Figure 4 for a detailed consideration of the pin unitv 15, it will be seen that the same includes a unitary body having an arcuate section 30 that connects at its arcuate end with

pin portions

31 and 32; the arrangement being such that the

ends

31a and 32a of the

pin segments

31 and 32 respectively, project beyond the surface 14 as is clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, while the arcuate portion 30 encircles the bore 21 as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings. Preferably, the pin unit 15 is made of formed steel and as will be noted in the preferred embodiment illustrated in the drawings, the same is arranged so that the

pin portions

31 and 32 extend axially of the body portion 12 on opposite sides of the bore 21, while the arcuate portion 30 is disposed in a condition of encirclement with respect to the bore 21, as well as being disposed in substantial parallelism to the end surface 14.

In use or operation of the improved accessory as a teesetting device, it is believed apparent that the tee will be "to" the-handle portion 11, the

passed through slot 20 for receptioninhore 21, at which time the hand of the user may be placed over the slot 20 and the tee positioned by merely applying axial force on-the body portion 12 whichwill cause the tee-to be set iir-the mann'er'-thatis=-tully described in the above referred-to co-pendingapplication:-

. When it is desired to use the golfing accessoryash wrench for tightening the cleats in 'the rnanner shown "inFigure-fi it is-believedsapparent that the same will have the end surface 14 applied over the cleatwith the actual cleat portion-thereof=being received 'in the bore 21 while the opening apertures of the cleat(not shown) "will 'receive the projecting ends- 3'laand 32a Ofilhe pin unit 15. At this time, upon application of turning force cleat may be tightened or loosendas-desired."--

' Itw'ill-"be seen from the :foregoing -'that :there:has been provided-a new and novel 'typeof golfing accessory characterized bythe fact that :thesameis capable of a multiplicity of usesto the-average golfer: -It has' been shown how the provision of the unitary type of pin member gre'atly enhances the lastingqualities of' the golfing accessory, since the same is less susceptible to breakage or premature destruction due to abnormal usage;

While 'a full and complete disclosure of the invention has been set forth in accorda'nce with the-dictates ofthe patent statutes, it is not intended that the invention be so Accordingly, modifications of the invention 'may be resorted-to with'out'departing" from the spirit hereof or the scope of the appended claims.

I This application is a continuation-in-partofco-pending application of Dwight E; Hottle," Serial No. 514,083; filed June 8,195, for Golfing Accessory for Positioning Golf Tee and now US. Patent 2,801,852.

Iclaim:

' 1. A oirwren'chrcsr use on'golf'shoecleats; comprising; an elongate plastic body having a handle end and an opposed cleat-engaging end having a blind boreextending inwardly therefrom; a pin unit embedded in said body and having only end portions of opposed pins projecting from said cleat-engaging end on opposite sides of said blind bore; said opposed pins being interconnected by an arcuate arm disposed substantially parallel to said cleatengaging end and encirclinga portion of said blind bore.

2. A golf wrench for use on golf shoe cleats, comprising; an elongateplastic. body having a handle end and an opposed cleataengaging end having va. blind bore extending inwardly therefrom; a pin unit embedded in said body and having only. end portions of opposed pins projecting from said cleat-engaging end on opposite sides of said blind bore; said opposed pins being interconnected by an arcuate arm disposed substantially parallel to said cleat-engaging end and encircling a portion of said blind bore; said cleat-engaging surface being concave; said pins :projectingrrfromsaidconcave surface to a point beyond said cleat-engagingend; v l 3. A golf =Wrench ifor use vongolf shoe cleats;v comprising; an elongate plastic body having ahandleend andlan opposed cleat-engaging end having a blind bore; extending inwardly therefrom; .a pin unit embeddedvin-said'body and having only end, portions'of opposed pins-projecting from said cleat-engaging end on opposite sides of said 1 blind bore; said :opposed. pins being;interconnectedjbykan I arcuate armdisposedsubstantially parallelto. saidcleatengagingi endand encircling. sa'portion of said blind bore;

dsaid'arcuate arm being disposed at right angles to said pin members. I i 1 I x v References of this patent UNI D STA E TS.

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V ORE GN ATEN 469,726 Great Britain Jul 'so, 1937