Patent ID: 7040198

Claim:
An assembled strap wrench for gripping and turning a connector comprising: a cylindrical metal rod with three axial non-parallel slots located at one end of said rod, said three slots extending through said rod and converge at a common point, said three slots a comprising first slot, a central second slot and a third slot, said central second slot having an enlarged anchor notch at one end thereof, a non-metallic strap having an bulbous end, said bulbous end of said strap being anchored within said enlarged anchor notch of said central second slot, said strap extending through the opposite end of said central second slot and engageable with a selected one of the first or third slots, wherein, said strap engaged with said central second slot, about the connector and threaded through said first slot allows for tightening of the connector and said strap engaged with said central second slot, about the connector and threaded through said third slot allows for loosening the connector.