Peter J Miller

US Patent:

20180229351, Aug 16, 2018

Filed:

Jan 30, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/883210

Inventors:

Peter MILLER - Flemington NJ, US

International Classification:

B25B 23/00
B25B 13/50

Abstract:

An anti-rotational socket retainer tool for retaining a socket over one of a pair of threaded fasteners (e.g., bolt/nut) in a fixed, non-rotatable position, illustratively, at adjacent hubs/flanges of pipe sections while another tool is used to rotatably attach/detach the other fastener end thereto. The anti-rotational socket retainer includes a central base having top and bottom surfaces, and integrally formed opposing support arms extending laterally from the base between the top and bottom surfaces to define a concave arcuate contact surface having a predetermined radius of curvature greater or equal to the curvature of the pipe section. The distal ends of the lateral arms define an arc not exceeding one-hundred and eighty degrees. A drive member extends from the top surface of the base and at a predetermined distance from the arcuate contact surface to retain a socket selected for placement over the fastener end to be held in position.