Patent ID: 8573096
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A device for facilitating the loosening or tightening of a nut member, the device comprising: a first nut adaptor member and a second nut adapter member, each nut adapter member comprising an outwardly facing side and an inwardly facing side; means for attaching the first nut adapter member to the second nut adapter member with the inwardly facing side of the first nut adapter member in facing relationship with the inwardly facing side of the second nut adapter member, wherein an opening is defined by the respective inwardly facing sides when the first nut adapter member is attached to the second nut adapter member and the opening comprises inwardly facing engagement surfaces for engaging the nut member; the outwardly facing side of the first nut adapter member comprising a strike member radiating outwardly, the strike member comprising a side having a tightening strike surface and a side having a loosening strike surface; wherein the first nut adapter member may pivot with respect to the second nut adapter member before the first nut adapter member is fully attached to the second nut adapter member; wherein a plane is defined by the nut member, wherein the plane is parallel to the opening of the nut member, and the device may pivot in the same plane as the plane defined by the nut member or, alternatively, the first nut adapter member may pivot in a different plane than the plane defined by the nut member while the second adapter member remains in the plane defined by the nut member.