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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventor:
Jeremy Burton Crystal, Springville, UT (US);
Assignee:
Cricut, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/22 (2006.01); B23B 31/107 (2006.01); B23B 31/20 (2006.01); B25B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 31/1071 (2013.01); B23B 31/201 (2013.01); B25B 1/22 (2013.01); B25B 5/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tool assembly includes a housing, a shaft, a spherical member, and a head. The housing defines a shaft channel. The shaft is rotatably disposed within the shaft channel and includes an exposed portion outside of the shaft channel. The exposed portion defines an engagement channel extending through an outer surface of the exposed portion. The spherical member is disposed within the engagement channel. The head is configured to be engaged with the exposed portion of the shaft. The head includes a detent configured to selectively engage the spherical member.