Patent ID: 6047618
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B25B,G09F,Y10S

Abstract:
A set of sockets including metric and S.A.E. sockets, the size and type of which may be readily and quickly identified either during work, or at the completion of work when it is necessary to place one or more sockets back into a socket caddy; the set of sockets comprising:a plurality of differing sized cylindrical sockets, each having a driver socket at one end and a workpiece engaging socket at the other end, adjacent sized sockets being marked by three differing colors in series to facilitate identification, and wherein each socket is provided with a selected one of one groove, two grooves, or three grooves to indicate whether the socket is metric or S.A.E., said metric sockets having the grooves adjacent one end, and said S.A.E. sockets having the grove or grooves adjacent the other end, there being one groove for sockets with the first color in the series, two grooves for sockets with the second color in the series, and three grooves for sockets with the third color in the series; andsize markings spaced equally