Patent ID: 9138877
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A manually operable reduced profile, motor vehicle engine, rocker arm engagement, push rod removal tool comprising: a frame assembly including a first and a second side frame member, said first side frame member having a generally flat line top edge and formed from a generally uniformly thick, unitary metal plate having a flat, planar handle section extending in the direction of an axis, said handle section joined to an outwardly, acutely diverging, connection section diverging from the axis and the plane of said handle section, said diverging connection section joined to a medial section, generally parallel to the handle section, said medial section joined to a convergent connection section joined to a terminal end section, said terminal end section generally coplanar with the handle section and including a terminal depending outer end prong directed downwardly from the top edge, said first side frame member having a side profile configuration viewed transversely to the longitudinal axis of said first frame member of said handle section and said diverging section comprising a lower edge generally parallel to the top edge, said medial section including a bottom side generally comprising an extension portion from the diverging section lower edge with an elongate recess extending axially from the extension portion, and said terminal end section outer end prong including a prong lower edge; said second side frame member formed as a mirror image of said first side frame member, said first and second side frame members fastened together with said handle section and said terminal end sections joined in abutting relation and said medial sections generally parallel and spaced from each other; and a slotted plate attached to said generally bottom side extension portions of the medial sections of the frame members, said slotted plate projecting from the generally bottom side extension portions of the medial sections partially under the elongate recess in a plane transverse to the plane of said handle sections of said first and second side frame members, said slotted plate including an axially extending slot with an open end, said slot open end projecting toward said prong and transverse to said prong, said slotted plate defining a projected plane below the lower edge of said outer end prong and defining a gap between said plate and the elongate recess.