US 11,982,078 B2
Drain cable decoupler tools
Robert Skrjanc, Lorain, OH (US); Benjamin R. Azzam, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Scott Kruepke, Valley City, OH (US); Glen R. Chartier, Avon Lake, OH (US); and Brandon Moherman, Sheffield Village, OH (US)
Assigned to Ridge Tool Company, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed by Ridge Tool Company, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/114,634.
Application 17/114,634 is a continuation of application No. 16/211,331, filed on Dec. 6, 2018, granted, now 10,889,976.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/652,387, filed on Apr. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/598,542, filed on Dec. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0087805 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B25B 27/14 (2006.01); E03F 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC E03F 9/005 (2013.01) [B25B 27/14 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decoupler tool comprising:
an elongated handle aligned with a first axis (B) and having a length and defining a second axis (C) disposed transverse to the first axis;
a first pin extending from the handle and aligned with the second axis (C), wherein the first pin has a distal end configured for insertion into an aperture of a first article of manufacture;
a second pin extending from the handle and spaced from the first pin;
wherein the first article of manufacture is operatively associated with a second article of manufacture; and
wherein, with the first pin disposed in the aperture, rotation by a user of the handle about the second axis (C) to cause the first pin to engage a portion of the second article of manufacture causes the first and second articles of manufacture to disengage from each other;
wherein the distal end of the first pin is tapered;
wherein a distal end of the second pin has a different shape than that of the distal end of the first pin.