Patent ID: 8671807

Claim:
A tool for turning a handwheel, the tool comprising: a handle; a tool head connected to the handle, the tool head comprising: (a) a central body with front and back sides and an upper and lower end; (b) an upper jaw extending from the front side of the central body along the upper end, the upper jaw having a lower surface curved and having a graduated lip formed along the curved lower surface, the graduated lip having a first smaller thickness toward the central body and gradually expanding to a second larger thickness away from the central body; (c) a lower jaw extending from the front side of the central body along the lower end; wherein the upper jaw extends further from the central body than the lower jaw; wherein a back area of the tool head comprises a recess adapted to receive a quick release lever and allow the tool to be used as an extension tool to operate a quick release lever associated with a railroad car handbrake; and wherein a back area of the tool head comprises two quick release forks that extend from the back side of the tool head, each quick release fork comprising a curved surface, wherein a gap formed between the two curved surfaces accommodates the quick release lever at a plurality of angles between the tool head and the quick release lever.