Patent ID: 8060999
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A snap ring installation tool, comprising: a finger gripping portion having a front side, a rear side, a left side, a right side, a lower end, and an upper end; a middle portion having a front side, a rear side, a left side, a right side, a lower end which is generally integral with said finger gripping portion upper end, and an upper end which terminates in a ledge; an arcuate open cylindrical portion disposed on said upper end of said middle portion and having an interior surface and a predetermined radius; a substantially planar left stop wall and a substantially planar right stop wall disposed on said interior surface of said open cylindrical portion and separated a predetermined distance; wherein when in use a portion of an annular snap ring may be placed in said open cylindrical portion, and when the ends of the snap ring are separated, the ends may be approximated to said left and right stop walls so as to hold the snap ring in an open configuration; and wherein the middle portion is concave on the right side from the upper end to the lower end.