US 12,214,481 B2
Angularly adjustable tool connection having threaded connector and clamp-type connector
Robert Caleb Sterling Newman, Lee's Summit, MO (US); Melodie Lea Wendleton, Lee's Summit, MO (US); B. Deré Newman, Lone Jack, MO (US); Marco Carroll Perry, Brooklyn, NY (US); Mark David Prommel, Brooklyn, NY (US); Curtis Barbre, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Kevin Min O'Leary, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc., Greenwood, MO (US)
Filed by Specialty Products of Greenwood, Missouri, Inc., Greenwood, MO (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/469,821.
Application 18/469,821 is a continuation of application No. 17/514,870, filed on Oct. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,794,328.
Application 17/514,870 is a continuation of application No. 15/818,183, filed on Nov. 20, 2017, granted, now 11,179,842, issued on Nov. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/424,211, filed on Nov. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001528 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B25G 1/04 (2006.01); A46B 5/00 (2006.01); A46B 17/02 (2006.01); B25G 1/06 (2006.01); B25G 3/24 (2006.01); B25G 3/26 (2006.01); F16B 2/06 (2006.01)
CPC B25G 1/04 (2013.01) [A46B 5/0075 (2013.01); A46B 5/0083 (2013.01); A46B 17/02 (2013.01); B25G 1/06 (2013.01); B25G 3/24 (2013.01); B25G 3/26 (2013.01); A46B 2200/20 (2013.01); A46B 2200/202 (2013.01); F16B 2/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. An adjustable tool holder for interchangeable use with a variety of tools provided with different connection elements, including at least a first connection element configured for a first manner of connection with the tool holder and a second connection element configured for a second manner of connection with the tool holder, said tool holder comprising:
a proximal body; and
a distally extending tool support operable to detachably support each of the tools,
said tool support including a first tool connector configured to releasably connect with the first connection element in the first manner of connection,
said tool support including a second tool connector configured to releasably connect with the second connection element in the second manner of connection,
said tool support including a support body that operably supports each of the tool connectors,
said support body being pivotally coupled to the proximal body so that the tool connectors are swingable relative to the proximal body, with the tool connectors being swung to alternatively locate the tool connectors distally to facilitate connection to the respective connection element,
said proximal body including a yoke with a pair of yoke arms spaced from one another, with the yoke arms pivotally coupling to the support body so that the tool connectors are swingable relative to the yoke,
at least one of said first and second tool connectors being sized to extend at least partly between the yoke arms when the other one of said first and second tool connectors is swung distally for connection to the respective connection element.