US 11,745,319 B2
Torque wrench with improved handle and/or adjuster
Jonathan Siebert Beckwith, Raleigh, NC (US); Ian Cunningham, Charlotte, NC (US); Brian Butler, Charlotte, NC (US); and Paul Stephen Steinweg, Lititz, PA (US)
Assigned to APEX BRANDS, INC., Apex, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/52,911
Filed by APEX BRANDS, INC., Apex, NC (US)
PCT Filed May 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/033725
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 4, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/226882, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/676,421, filed on May 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0069877 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B25B 23/142 (2006.01); B25B 23/16 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 23/142 (2013.01) [B25B 23/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A torque wrench comprising:
a head including a driving member configured to be operably coupled to a socket;
a handle;
a lever arm operably coupled to the head and the handle at respective opposing ends thereof; and
a torque adjuster configured to enable a torque setting of the torque wrench to be adjusted,
wherein the torque adjuster comprises a fixed member affixed to the lever arm and a movable member operably coupled to the fixed member, the fixed member and the movable member each having a first color on a periphery thereof,
wherein the fixed member includes reference markings etched therein and the movable member includes incremental markings etched therein, and
wherein the reference markings and the incremental markings are provided in a second color that is different than the first color, wherein the first color, the second color, and a surface of the lever arm visually contrast for readability of the reference markings and the incremental markings.