US 12,403,574 B2
Fastener extractor device
Paul Kukucka, Brandon, FL (US); and Thomas Stefan Kukucka, Brandon, FL (US)
Assigned to GRIP HOLDINGS LLC, Brandon, FL (US)
Filed by GRIP HOLDINGS LLC, Brandon, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,633.
Application 17/509,633 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/255,341, filed on Jan. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,154,969.
Application 16/255,341 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/107,842, filed on Aug. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,780,556, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 16/255,341 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IB2017/054379, filed on Jul. 19, 2017.
Application 16/255,341 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/601,864, filed on May 22, 2017, abandoned.
Application 16/255,341 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IB2017/052453, filed on Apr. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,507, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/328,102, filed on Apr. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040834 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 27/18 (2006.01); B25B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 27/18 (2013.01) [B25B 15/008 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener extractor device comprising:
at least one shank body;
at least one torque-tool body;
a drive head;
a first base;
a second base;
an external thread;
a tubular sleeve;
an internal thread;
the drive head being terminally and concentrically connected to the shank body;
the torque-tool body being terminally and concentrically connected to the shank body;
the external thread extending along the shank body, in between the torque-tool body and the drive head;
the shank body being adjacently connected to the second base, opposite to the first base;
the torque-tool body comprising a plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls and at least one engagement feature;
the plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls being radially positioned about a rotation axis of the torque-tool body;
each of the plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls comprising a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, and a bracing surface;
the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge being positioned opposite to each other across the bracing surface;
the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge each being oriented parallel with the rotation axis from the first base towards the second base;
at least part of a cross-section of the torque-tool body being uniform and non-tapering from the first base towards the second base;
the at least one engagement feature being integrated into a specific sidewall among the plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls;
the at least one engagement feature forming an engagement tooth;
the engagement tooth being parallel with the rotation axis; and
the drive head being configured to receive percussion blows, wherein the engagement tooth is configured to cut into an internal sidewall of a fastener.