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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069754 | Socket wrench with washer gripping arms A multipurpose socket wrench includes an elongated tubular body with an internal opening extending longitudinally from the distal end and having a hexagonal cross-section. A driver receiving opening extends longitudinally from the proximal end. Elongated holding arm... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8020472 | Nut capturing socket assembly A nut capturing socket assembly includes a socket, an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve. The socket has a non-circular shaped interior opening to receive a nut and a circular cylindrical outer surface area. The inner sleeve has a circular cylindrical opening at one e... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7950310 | Magnetic structure for a socket A magnetic structure for a socket includes a containing body made of a soft material. The containing body has an embedding hole defined therein. A magnetic element is received in the embedding hole. The containing body has a plurality of ribs disposed around an oute... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7765899 | Socket assembly for quickly releasing object engaged with the socket A socket assembly includes a socket having a mounting hole which includes a plurality of insides and yield recesses located alternatively between the insides. A control member is rotatably mounted to the socket and has a through hole, a plurality of stops extend inw... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7752946 | Socket for wrenches This present invention discloses a socket for wrenches, which comprises a main body having a proximal section, a distal section, and a central axis extending from proximal section to distal section. The main body has recess at inside on the proximal section with pun... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7743684 | Tool for removing and applying a fastening device A tool for removing and applying a fastening device from and to a threaded stud is provided. The tool includes an elongated chamber and a retainer having a pair of spaced apart portions configured to hold fastening devices within the chamber. The tool further includ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7654175 | Slide-driver A tool for rotating fasteners has an inner body with a cavity in a forward end, the cavity being configured to engage the head of a fastener. An outer socket has a cavity in a forward end, the cavity being configured to engage the head of a fastener, and the outer s... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7591207 | Device and method for remotely manipulating a magnetic object with at least a portion thereof having a substantially prismatic shape A device and method for remote manipulation of a magnetic object with at least a portion thereof having a substantially prismatic shape. The device includes a head having a magnetic field wherein the head includes a face contact surface and a magnetic extension piec... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7437975 | Wrench socket A wrench socket having a cylindrical body with a receptacle at one end opening exteriorly thereof to insertably receive a head or nut carried on a fastener. The sidewall of the receptacle is tapered inwardly from the open end to a bottom of the socket which defines ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434494 | Socket driving tool A socket driving tool (10) that is designed to be inserted to a chuck (92) attached to an electric motor (94) or to a handle (96). The tool (10) is comprised of four major elements: a drive shaft (12), a magnet (18) a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424841 | Device for locking and releasing a screw bit A screw bit positioning device includes a tube which has a first hole and a second hole respectively defined through a wall thereof so that a first bead and a second bead are respectively engaged the first and second holes. A movable member is movably received in th... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7340983 | Spanner with prevention of disengagement of fasteners A spanner comprises a box end that has an inner periphery consisting of a number of wall faces to define a first polygonal receiving space. Each wall face includes a groove defined therein. The grooves of the wall faces together define a second polygonal receiving s... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331262 | Drive bit holder and method of manufacturing A bit holder is provided which includes a body having a cavity formed with an upper portion and a lower portion, separated by a ridge-like protuberance which has a cross sectional profile smaller than that of the upper portion and the lower portion. The ridge-like p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333522 | Polarization control of vertical diode lasers by monolithically integrated surface grating There is provided a laser. The laser includes a substrate, a first Bragg reflector layer sequence on the substrate, an active layer sequence on the first Bragg reflector layer sequence, a second Bragg reflector layer sequence on the active layer sequence, and a volt... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325468 | Hollowed socket A hollowed socket comprises a driving portion and an engaging portion; an outer side of the driving portion having a receiving groove; an elastic sheet being installed in the receiving groove; and a free end of the elastic sheet having a positioning block. An inner ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313988 | Tie rod removal and installation tool A tool for removal of inner tie rods having a generally cylindrical end includes a hollow tube with a butt plate at one end and an annular collar at the opposite end for attachment to the tie rod by means of three set screws arranged within an angular range of appro... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311120 | Expandable pipe stopper An expandable pipe stopper for inserting within a pipe having two rigid circular plates adapted to be inserted wholly within a pipe and an outwardly-expandable flexible seal located between peripheral surfaces of the plates so as to be capable of expanding radially.... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299721 | Socket including a reinforcing structure A socket for engaging a work piece having at least one wire. The socket includes a body having a closed peripheral side wall, first and second ends and a rotational axis extending between the first and second ends. The socket also includes a first receptacle formed ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290467 | Socket wrench apparatus A socket-wrench socket is provided having a plurality of longitudinally extending members therein mounted within wall circumferential slots of the workpiece-receiving opening of the socket and secured in place by a flexible web. These members have flat surfaces for ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284464 | Oil drain plug wrench An oil drain plug wrench is provided to enable a user to more easily remove and install an oil drain plug. The wrench includes a rotor with two cavities on opposite sides of a rotor. When either of the cavities engages a workpiece, the wrench is capable of applying ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281310 | Baluster driver tool and method of using same A baluster driver tool for rotating a baluster to threadably secure it to a support. The driver tool includes a housing having a connector at one end for connecting it to a drill and a baluster-engaging member at the opposite end for receiving the baluster. The balu... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272996 | Spanner socket A spanner socket for application with conventional hand tools such as ratchet drivers and fixed wrenches employed for imparting torque to a work piece about an axis of rotation includes a generally cylindrical shaped base member which defines a predetermined number ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270032 | Fitting hole of a hand tool A fitting hole of a hand tool such as a socket or a wrench for fitting on and wrenching a screwing member. The inner wall of the fitting hole is formed with twelve teeth at equal intervals. The teeth define therebetween twelve recesses at equal intervals. Each tooth... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267034 | Telescopic driving tool A telescopic driving tool comprises a handle having an axial hole at a front end thereof for receiving an engaging portion; an interior of an engaging portion being formed with a receiving space; a periphery of the engaging portion being formed with at least one sli... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261023 | Bit holder device Provided is a bit holder device which is capable of driving a screw into a workpiece, while holding the screw having a groove in which a bit body is inserted, and which makes it possible to change the bit body without removing it from a chuck of an electric tool, et... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249540 | Connector adapter An adapter for installing a connector to a terminal post, wherein the connector is attached to a cable, is presented. In an embodiment, the adapter is comprised of an elongated collet member having a longitudinal axis comprised of a first collet member end, a second... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246542 | Holding socket for a washer nut The present invention includes a driven socket for a female threaded fastener formed from hexagonal steel stock or trilobe, D shaped stock, or round stock with other gripping or holding means. The driven socket also includes six radial lobes located adjacent to one ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243579 | Universal cap tool/tool holder An apparatus for facilitating the use of tools on underground pipeline systems including a socket having a polygonal open end, a pliable socket insert having a polygonal outer circumference corresponding to the polygonal socket opening adapted to fit snugly into the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231852 | Faucet nut wrench kit A kit of four faucet nut wrenches, two of 1⅜ inch internal diameter, two of 1 inch internal diameter, longer wrenches 14–16 inches long, shorter wrenches 4 inches long. Drive sockets are provided for removable insertion into the drive end of each wrench. The sma... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219582 | Security nut and tool associated therewith A tool for tightening and loosening a security nut and the security nut associated with the aforementioned tool that allow easy tightening of the security nut, makes it difficult to remove the security nut when using ordinary tools, and makes it easy to remove the s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216566 | Screwdriver-and-nut wrench-combined tuning tool for radio frequency filter Provides is a screwdriver-and-nut wrench-combined tuning tool for radio frequency filter which is capable of preventing a movement of a tuning screw occurred when locking it with a tuning nut by making their combined body, preventing a difficulty of tuning resulted ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210382 | Screw guide device Screw guide is provided and includes a cylindrical member having a first end adapted to rotate a fastener and a second end adapted to receive torque from an external source and transfer the torque to the fastener, a stop ring engaged with the cylindrical member that... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204174 | Wrench assembly A wrench assembly a housing that has a top wall, a bottom wall and peripheral wall extending between and attached to the top and bottom walls. The top wall has an opening extending therethrough and through the bottom wall. A first gear wheel is positioned in the hou... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201087 | Multi-functional tool head A multi-functional tool head comprises a supporting unit having a polygonal shape; an end of the supporting unit being installed with a receiving seat recess for receiving an opener head; a penetrating hole being formed in the annular trench; the penetrating hole be... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188552 | Holding socket for a threaded fastener A holding socket for a fastener having a nut arrangeable on a threaded element, and a washer located between the nut and an object, the holding socket has a body having two opposite ends with a first end connectable to a part of a power tool and a second end which i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174812 | Driving tool having fastener retaining device A driving tool includes a driving shank having a handle for rotating the driving shank and having an engaging hole formed by two or more spring blades for receiving a fastener, and an actuating device for actuating the spring blades to move radially inward and to fo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162938 | Magnetic wrench attachment The present invention is an attachment that fits onto the head of a wrench to magnetically hold a nut. The attachment has a magnetized surface and a side surface to friction fit onto a wrench. Fit is further improved by magnetizing the side surface. By holding the n... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159494 | Torque limiting wrench for ultrasonic scaler tip insertion A torque wrench for preventing transmission of torque in excess of a threshold level to avoid damage to replaceable scaler tips and hand pieces of ultrasonic dental instruments. The torque wrench has a housing with a core seated therein, with a cam mechanism or spri... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159491 | Oil drain plug socket for a wrench assembly A ratchet wrench, the ratchet wrench having a head portion defining a substantially cylindrical inner engaging surface and a plurality of ribs extending radially inward therefrom. The socket includes a first portion defining a plurality of depressions axially aligne... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140824 | Tensioning hydraulic nuts A hydraulic tensioning system for nuts on studbolts has a puller bar and a puller buddy, which are coupled to the studbolt, and a bridge around the nut. The puller bar is internally coupled to the studbolt (and may engage the nut before the tension is applied). The ... | 11/28/2006 |
