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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:
Aug. 23, 1977
Filed:
May. 11, 1976
Hugh T Greenlee, Gates Mills, OH (US);
The Wright Tool & Forge Company, Barberton, OH (US);
Abstract
A holder and display unit for a socket of the type used in a socket wrench tool, including a fastening device for anchoring the socket to the display unit. The socket has a square recess for the male stud on the wrench drive component and the recess has a transverse detent hole in its sidewall of the type that cooperates with a detent ball or the like on the drive stud to retain the socket on the drive component. The fastening device has a head and a male plug portion that extends through an aperture in the display unit and into the square recess in the socket. A resilient arm on the male plug portion has a catch that registers with and snaps into the transverse detent hole. This releasably latches the fastening device, display unit and socket together.