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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186248 | High speed extension breaker bar A combination ratchet wrench extension tool that provides an integrated extension that can be used with a ratchet wrench or independently as a spinner for manual socket manipulation. A pair of flexible joints on a main body bar, one of which has a square socket head... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7162827 | Fisherperson's tool for using slotted weights with a fishing line The invention is a tool for use by fisherpersons to remove a split shot weight from a fishing line. The tool includes a finger sheath, a finger retainer and curved blade attached to the finger sheath. In one preferred embodiment the finger sheath and finger retainer... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7062997 | Protective sleeve for use with extension bar A protective sleeve is provided for use with an extension bar. The extension bar includes a detent and a button that can be pressed in order to control the detent. The protective sleeve defines a hole and an aperture communicating with the hole. The hole receives th... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6913406 | Finger ink A writing instrument is comprised of an elongated, hollowed body that is cylindrical in shape, which extends and narrows into a tip for writing. Implement is worn directly upon a single finger by insertion through an opening at the upper or rear end of said body, an... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6834570 | Finger wrench A finger wrench that can be used to reach hard to reach locations. The wrench consists of a base with a retainer band. Said base having a nut holder fitting nuts of set sizes. Said nut holder having a nut retaining means such as a nub to hold the nut in place. The b... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6698049 | Multi-functional hand tool A multi-functional tool configured to enable a user to manipulate articles of clothing, the multi-functional tool including a first handle, a second handle, a pivot pin, and a plurality of tools rotatably disposed about the pivot pin. Wherein each tool is... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6681664 | Handle for hand tool A hand tool includes a handle and a shank extending from a first end of the handle. A plurality of recesses are defined in an outer surface of the handle and located close to the first end of the handle so that the thumb of the user may be placed in one o... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6332888 | Finger-guided surgical instrument A finger-guided surgical instrument is described and includes (a) a thimble-like element being adapted to surround at least a portion of a surgeon's finger while at least partially exposing the ventral tactile portions of the distal phalanx thereof, so as... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5329832 | Pull tab can opener Pull tab can opener, comprising a non flexible hook attached to an adjustable band to be wrapped around a finger digit and worn as a finger band to allow ease, speed and safety in opening pull tab cans.... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5182972 | Improved finger tip mounted holding device An improved finger mountable holding device to temporarily hold an object in a tight space on a finger while an operation is performed utilizing the object, the device includes a tubular elastomeric body with a wall, a finger entering first open end an ax... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5038644 | Finger wrench or the like A finger wrench or the like for threading and unthreading articles such as nuts or bolts has a pair of slidingly interfitted jaw members with respective finger openings and article gripping edges between the finger openings. In use, the gripping edges are... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4926718 | Nail holding tool A nail holding tool comprises an impact resistant sheath adapted to fit snugly over a user's thumb, and a nail holding fixture supported by the sheath for holding a nail below the tip of the thumb in a position substantially transverse to the axis of the ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4922575 | Three ribbed torque handle This invention relates to a rotational gripping device in the form of a torque handle which overcomes the problem of frictional slippage and provides mechanical rotational leverage. The handle includes a body portion having radially projecting rib members... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4829999 | Side mount guidewire gripping device The guidewire gripping device is usable in connection with guidewires of the type used in medical application, i.e., for guiding catheters. The guidewire gripping device is constructed from a spring loaded, slitted cylindrical body.... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4794827 | Drain plug removing device 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 soc... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4599920 | Power grip insert A power grip insert attachable to a handled instrument or to a user's hand, with one side contoured to accommodate the handle shank to be gripped, and an opposing side contoured in accordance with the musculature of hand palm. The palmar surface area incl... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4598708 | Torque clamp for use with pervenous lead having fixation device A torque clamp utilized for actuating a fixation device of a pervenous lead into the myocardium of a heart comprises a body. The body includes opposed jaw portions and a jaw actuating mechanism which is opposite the jaw portions and which can be squeezed ... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4177698 | Finger fit implement A finger fit implement comprising a shaped hollow member having an opening at one end to accommodate the entry of a finger and an opposed off centered tapered internal end to be mated against the tip and nail portion of said finger. The opposed end portio... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4140124 | Handles for surgical instruments A surgical instrument comprises first and second elongate members which are pivoted together intermediate their ends in crossing relationship, so as to define a major plane of the instrument extending substantially perpendicular to the axis of pivotal mov... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4140123 | Lancets A bistoury handle comprises first and second elongate members, the first member being provided at one end with means for gripping a blade and having a straight portion extending from that end and a curved portion extending from the straight portion toward... | 02/20/1979 |
