US 12,247,410 B2
Prying tool with prying end which has changeable width
Cheng-Wei Su, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to Hong Ann Tool Industries Co., Ltd., Taichung (TW)
Filed by Hong Ann Tool Industries Co., Ltd., Taichung (TW)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/876,765.
Application 17/876,765 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/547,733, filed on Aug. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,401,147.
Claims priority of application No. 107139450 (TW), filed on Nov. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0364379 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B66F 15/00 (2006.01); B25G 3/38 (2006.01); E04G 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04G 23/08 (2013.01) [B25G 3/38 (2013.01); E04G 2023/085 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prying tool with a prying end which has a changeable width, comprising:
a main body; the prying end including a first prying member and a second prying member pivotally engaged with the main body, wherein the first and the second prying members are pivotal toward and away from each other, wherein the prying end has a first configuration in which the first and the second prying members are locked and disposed adjacent to each other and include inner lateral sides thereof facing each other, a second configuration in which the first and the second prying members are unlocked and adapted to be moved away from each other, and a third configuration in which the first and the second prying members are locked and disposed away from each other and include the inner lateral sides thereof not facing each other, and wherein the prying end increases its width when the first and the second prying members pivot from the first configuration to the third configuration; and
a locking mechanism configured to selectively lock and unlock the first and the second prying members, wherein the locking mechanism includes a position restrainer movably disposed on the main body and movable between a lock position and a release position, wherein the position restrainer forms a restraining end selectively engaging with and disengaging from the first and the second prying members for selectively locking and preventing pivotal movement of the first and the second prying members with respect to the main body, and wherein the position restrainer is in the lock position when the prying end is in the first configuration and the third configuration and in the release position when the prying end is in the second configuration;
wherein the first prying member has a plurality of first engaging portions with which the position restrainer is adapted to selectively engage, wherein the position restrainer abuts one of the plurality of the first engaging portions when the prying end is in the first configuration and abuts another of the plurality of the first engaging portions when the prying end is in the third configuration, wherein the second prying member has a plurality of second engaging portions with which the position restrainer is adapted to selectively engage, wherein the position restrainer abuts one of the plurality of the second engaging portions when the prying end is in the first configuration and abuts another of the plurality of the second engaging portions when the prying end is in the third configuration, wherein one of the plurality of the first engaging portions and one of the plurality of the second engaging portions are adjacent to the inner lateral sides of the first and the second prying members, and wherein another of the plurality of the first engaging portions and another of the plurality of the second engaging portions are adjacent to outer lateral sides of the first and the second prying members.