Patent Publication Number: US-10765232-B2

Title: Rotary display hanger

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is a CIP of application Ser. No. 15/969,368, filed May 2, 2018, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Description of the Prior Art 
     In general, sockets will be connected with a tool hanger to be displayed on the wall or board for viewing. 
     A conventional tool holder includes a base board and a plastic shell which is connected adhesively with the base board, the plastic shell has a receiving for totally receiving a tool inside, so as to encapsulate the tool between the base board and plastic shell. And then, the tool holder can be hanged on the wall or display frame through a hole which is disposed on the base board. However, the tool is completely sealed inside the conventional tool holder so that it cannot provide for operating and testing a function of the tool, for example, the function of a torque adjusting ring such as a smoothness of rotation, and the function of a torque wrench such as a smoothness of operation. Thus, the conventional tool holder just can only provide for viewing, but not for operation. 
     The present invention is, therefore, arisen to obviate or at least mitigate the above mentioned disadvantages. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a rotary display hanger, which is provided for operating and testing a tool which is disposed thereinside, and provided for an index portion rotates within a hollow portion to test a function of the tool. 
     To achieve the above and other objects, a rotary display hanger is provided, including: a base, including a first receiving room and a hollow portion, the first receiving room and the hollow portion communicated with each other, the first receiving room being adapted for receiving a rotary device which is connected rotatably with a driving head of a torque wrench, the hollow portion being adapted for receiving the driving head; a position-limiting member, disengageably connected with the base, the position-limiting member and the base at least forming a second receiving room, one of the base and the position-limiting member having an opening which is communicated with the second receiving room; the second receiving room being adapted for receiving the torque wrench; an index portion, received in the hollow portion, including a base portion being configured to connect with the driving head of the torque wrench and an identification portion protruding radially from the base portion, the identification portion being freely rotatable about an axis of the base portion together with the base portion and the driving head in the hollow portion; wherein the first receiving room, the hollow portion and the second receiving room are arranged along the axis of the base portion, each of the base portion and the identification portion is radially distanced from an inner face of the hollow portion, and the hollow portion is radially open at two opposite sides. 
     The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment(s) in accordance with the present invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a rotary display hanger according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is breakdown drawing of the preferable embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective view of a position-limiting member of the preferable embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is another perspective view of the rotary display hanger according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is a side view of the rotary display hanger according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 6  is a cross-sectional view of  FIG. 5 ; and 
         FIG. 7  is a drawing showing the preferred embodiment of the present invention in use. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       FIGS. 1 to 7  show a rotary display hanger according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The rotary display hanger  1  includes a base  10 , a position-limiting member  20 , and an index portion  5 . 
     The base  10  includes a first receiving room  12  and a hollow portion  13 . The first receiving room  12  and the hollow portion  13  are connected with each other. The first receiving room  12  is adapted for receiving a rotary device  4  which is connected rotatably with a driving head  3  of a torque wrench  2 . The hollow portion  13  is adapted for receiving the driving head  3 . 
     The index portion  5  is received in the hollow portion  13 , and the index portion  5  includes a base portion  51  being configured to connect with the driving head  3  of the torque wrench  2  and an identification portion  52  protruding radially from the base portion  51 . The identification portion  52  is freely rotatable about an axis of the base portion  51  together with the base portion  51  and the driving head  3  in the hollow portion  13 . Each of the base portion  51  and the identification portion  52  is radially distanced from an inner face of the hollow portion  13 , and the hollow portion  13  is radially open at two opposite sides. 
     The hollow portion  13  can be partially hollowed or completely hollowed. In this embodiment, the hollow portion  13  is disposed through the base  10  in a thickness direction. In other embodiment, the hollow portion can be a perspective shell which has a chamber for receiving the index portion which is rotatable within the chamber. The position-limiting member  20  is disengageably connected with the base  10 , and the position-limiting member  20  and the base  10  at least form a second receiving room  11 . In this embodiment, the first receiving room  12 , the hollow portion  13  and the second receiving room  11  are arranged along the axis of the base portion  51 . One of the base  10  and the position-limiting member  20  has an opening  14  which is communicated with the second receiving room  11 ; the second receiving room  11  is adapted for receiving the torque wrench  2 . In other embodiment, the position-limiting member and the base can also form the first receiving room. Thus, when the torque wrench  2  is assembled to the rotary display hanger  1 , the torque wrench  2  can actually be operated and tested. Moreover, the index portion  5  can rotate inside the hollow portion  13  when testing the torque wrench  2 . Specifically, the rotary display hanger  1  further includes the index portion  5 . In this embodiment, the index portion  5  is a cap sleeved on the driving head  3  of the torque wrench  2 . The cap has a sheet extending laterally, so as to view the rotation of the sheet easily. Besides, the sheet can be disposed a tag or a logo thereon. In other embodiment, the index portion can be a sticker such a flag sticker. 
     The position-limiting member  20  has the opening  14 , the opening  14  corresponds to a control member  7  of the torque wrench  2 , so as to expose a handle  6  of the torque wrench  2  and the control member  7  such as a rotation cap which is for gripping and operating the control member  7  to test the function. The rotary display hanger  1  further including the rotary device  4 . 
     The first receiving room  12  has an open portion  123  which is open toward a first direction, so as to save material and to be assembled positionally the rotary device  4  inside. Besides, the position-limiting member  20  has a protruding portion  21  extending toward the first direction. Preferably, the base  10  has a plurality of protruding-limiting portions  15  which respectively protrude toward the first direction. And the protruding portion  21  and the plurality of protruding-limiting portions  15  is configured to restrict the rotary device  4  therebetween, so as to support the rotary device  4 ; thus, the rotary device  4  can be rotated relative to the first receiving room  12  stably. Besides, the first receiving room  12  has an annular convex  121  extending inward. Wherein the annular convex  121  can extend continuously or non-continuously, so that an annular cavity portion  41  of the rotatory device  4  that corresponds to the annular convex  121  in shape can be engaged with the annular convex  121  for positioning without shaking and being disengaged from the direction which is transverse to the first direction. Moreover, the rotary device  4  has an annular protruding portion  42 , the annular protruding portion  42  has a plurality of first planes  43  which are arranged in a periphery direction, an inner wall of the first receiving room  12  has a plurality of second planes  122  which are engaged with the plurality of first planes  43 . Wherein, every two adjacent of the first planes  43  are arranged in non-parallel. Every two adjacent of the second planes  122  are arranged in non-parallel. Thus, the rotary device  4  can be engaged within the first receiving room  12  without rotating. In other embodiment, the plurality of first plans can be arc-shape planes, tooth-shaped planes, other non-circular planes, or a shape of each second planes corresponds to each first planes. 
     The base  10  further includes a positioning protruding portion  16  which extends into the hollow portion  13 . Therefore, the positioning protruding portion  16  is adapted for the index portion  5  sleeves thereon. Preferably, the hollow portion  13  includes a wide section  132  and two narrow sections  131  which are disposed two opposite sides of the wide section  132 . The positioning protruding portion  16  extends into the wide section  132 , so as to limit the index portion  5  inside the wide section  132 , furthermore, the index portion  5  can be rotated about the positioning protruding portion  16  as an axle for rotating smoothly and without shifting. 
     One of the base  10  and the position-limiting member  20  has a plurality of male connection portions, the other of the base  10  and the position-limiting member  20  has a plurality of female connection portions which are releasably engaged with the plurality of male connection portions. Each of the plurality of male connection portions is a resilient tapered cone, and each of the plurality of the female connection portions is a hole. In this embodiment, the base  10  has the plurality of female connection portions  17 , the position-limiting member  20  has the plurality of male connection portions  22 . Specifically, the resilient tapered cone can be made of elastic material, such as elastic plastic and rubber, for flexible resetting after being pressed or deformed. In this embodiment, the resilient tapered cone has a groove  221  which extends along an axial direction, so that the resilient tapered cone can be deformed by pressing toward the groove  221  to be disposed through the hole for positioning engageably. 
     Besides, the base  10  has a hanging hole  18  for hanging. 
     In use, the torque wrench  2  can be gripped and the control member  7  of the torque wrench can be adjusted to adjust a direction of the driving head  3  of a torque wrench  2  actually through the opening  14 . The first receiving room  12  is adapted for receiving the rotary device  4  which is sleeved on the driving head  3  of the torque wrench  2 . When operating the handle  6 , it is easy to view the rotation of the index portion  5  which is disposed on the driving head  3  through the hollow portion  13 . As a result, the torque wrench  2  can be operated and tested the function actually when assembling to the rotary display hanger  1 . Moreover, the index portion  5  can be rotated within the hollow portion  13  when testing the tool. 
     Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.