Patent ID: 8353229

Claim:
A dual-head aligning wrench (DHAW) that allows a single person to concentrically align, grip and attach two interfacing workpieces, said DHAW comprising: A. a first adjustable wrench comprising: a) a first wrench housing having: (1) an upper surface and a lower surface, (2) a rear side and a frontal central opening having a workpiece insertion gap that is bordered by a first edge and a second edge, (3) a handle-slide opening that extends along the rear side, (4) a ratchet disk opening that extends along the central opening, (5) a ratchet lever slot that extends along the upper surface and adjacent the rear side, and (6) a handle guard slot that extends from the rear side along the upper surface and the lower surface, b) a ratcheting mechanism comprising: (1) a ratchet disk having an outer surface further having a pair of opposed gear teeth sections, wherein said disk is inserted into the ratchet disk opening, said ratchet disk further having a workpiece insertion gap that is in alignment with the workpiece insertion gap located on said first wrench housing, a jaws insertion cavity having a rear surface and a jaw screw cavity that extends from the upper surface of said ratchet disk and that is adjacent the jaws insertion cavity, (2) a pair of self-centering jaws that are inserted into and movably held within the jaws insertion cavity, (3) a jaws adjusting thumb screw that is rotatably attached within the jaw screw cavity and that interfaces with the gear teeth section on the ratchet disk, and (4) a ratcheting direction lever that is held within the ratchet lever slot c) a ratcheting handle having a rear end and a front end that is dimensioned to movably fit into a handle guard slot that operates in combination with the ratcheting direction lever, B. a second adjustable wrench comprising: a) a second wrench housing having: (1) an upper surface, a lower surface, a first edge, a second edge and a rear side, (2) a workpiece insertion gap that extends from the first and second side edges and terminates inward at a centered angled surface, (3) a jaw screw cavity that extends from the upper surface, (4) an integral handle extending from the rear side and that terminates with a rear end, said handle further having a post bore, b) an anti-rotation post having an upper end that is integrally attached to the lower surface of the handle guard slot and a lower end that is inserted into the post bore, c) a pair of self-centering jaws that interface with the centered angled surface located on said second wrench housing, d) a self-centering jaw screw that is rotatably attached within the jaw screw cavity, and e) a leverage rod having a rear end, and a front end having a handle cavity that is dimensioned to receive and hold the rear end of the integral handle.