Patent ID: 7082636

Claim:
A bladed spoke wrench for retaining the orientation of bladed spokes during wheel maintenance and assembly, the bladed spoke wrench comprising: a wrench body having a top surface, a bottom surface and one or more peripheral side walls interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces, wherein the wrench body includes a recess in the peripheral side wall, the recess having a sloped wall portion and a tab, the recess adapted to permit the opening of bottle tops; at least one spoke retention slot extending across one of the surfaces and extending around and forming at least one side wall slot in the peripheral side wall, the spoke retention slot adapted to engage and retain the orientation of the bladed wheel spokes; a bottom wall positioned within the at least one spoke retention slot, the bottom wall adapted to engage a portion of the bladed wheel spokes; wherein the at least one spoke retention slot or the at least one side wall slot retain the orientation of the bladed spoke during wheel maintenance and assembly.