Patent ID: 6199456
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B25G

Abstract:
A manually operable device for receiving tools or other objects having elongated, manually graspable portions and for applying leverage thereto, said device comprising, in combination:a double-ended elongated member having a primary axis;a double-ended first receptacle attached to one of the ends of said elongated member defining a first pair of openings, the two openings of said first pair of openings being spaced from one another, disposed at the ends of said first receptacle and leading to a recess defined by said first receptacle for receiving and holding tools or other objects with the elongated, manually graspable portions thereof disposed substantially orthogonally relative to the primary axis of said elongated member; anda double-ended second receptacle attached to the other of the ends of said elongated member defining a second pair of openings, the two openings of said second pair of openings being spaced from one another, disposed at the ends of said second receptacle and leading to a recess defined by said second receptacle for receiving and holding tools or other objects with the elongated, manually graspable portions thereof being angularly disposed relative to the primary axis of said elongated member, a least one of said receptacles defining a third opening in alignment with the primary axis of said elongated member, said elongated member defining an interior and said third opening communicating with said interior for holding a tool or other object with the elongated, manually graspable portion thereof substantially coaxial with the primary axis of said elongated member.