Posted 4 years ago
Matthew7583
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Don't know nothing more about this ratcheting wrench would like to know who is the maker and how old is it
Double box end 12 point on one end size 3/8 and 7/16. And 6 point size 1/2 and 9/16 on other end... Pat. No. 2,500,835 clean | ||
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I have the entire sets, in metric and standard SAE (inch)measurement. They were a hot item back in the late 80's. The entire set was under $10 each. I assumed they were throw away but have taken care of them and still use them today.
Hi, Matthew7583. :-)
On the theory that there might be some clues in the patent listing, here it is:
https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=02500835&IDKey=AB965CE400F8%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fpatimg.htm
Unfortunately, no corporation name appears in the listing, only that of the inventor, and his attorney. It was patented March 14, 1950, so it must have been a fairly successful design if it was still being made in the late 1980s.
There are a number of older patents listed at the end of that patent. I'll give links to the full images here:
https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=00835034&IDKey=AA8351ADF65B%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fpatimg.htm
https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=01198913&IDKey=925236656D7C%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fpatimg.htm
https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=01279955&IDKey=E68B10EA321B%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fpatimg.htm
https://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=01733012&IDKey=273D38913560%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fpatimg.htm