Title: Tool for removing shock absorbers and the like

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1. A tool for removing a threaded member from a nut fastener or the like, comprising:

a base member, having an upper end, a lower end and an opening extending a distance therethrough intersecting the upper end and the lower end thereof;

a plate connected to the lower end portion of the base member substantially encompassing the base member opening generally near the lower end of the base member, a nut opening being formed through the plate and intersecting the base member opening for removably and retainingly receiving the nut fastener or the like;

a handle connected to the base member and spaced a distance from the lower end of the base member; and

an insert member, having an upper end, a lower end and an outer peripheral surface, the nut opening in the base member being smaller than the diameter formed via the outer peripheral surface of the insert member and the insert member being slidably insertable within the base member opening only via the intersection of the base member opening with the upper end of the base member, an opening formed through the lower end of the insert member for removably and retainingly receiving a portion of the threaded member, the nut opening being shaped and sized independent of the shape and size of the opening in the lower end of the insert member and independent of the size and shape of the insert member, and the insert member being rotatable within the base member opening for rotating the portion of the threaded member disposed through the opening in the insert member lower end, the rotation of the insert member unthreadingly removing the threaded member from the nut fastener or the like while substantially maintaining the base member and the nut fastener or the like retainingly received thereby in a relatively stationary position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the insert member includes an opening extending a distance therethrough intersecting the lower end thereof, and wherein the insert member is defined further to include:

a plate secured to the lower end portion of the insert member substantially encompassing the insert member opening generally near the lower end of the insert member, the opening for receiving a portion of the threaded member being formed through a portion of the plate.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the insert member includes a flange formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof extending a distance therefrom and forming a downwardly facing surface engageable with the upper end of the base member limiting the sliding movement of the insert member in the base member opening in one direction.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the insert member includes a wrench recess formed in the upper end thereof for receiving a portion of a turning tool or the like for rotating the insert member.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the length of the insert member, generally between the upper and the lower ends thereof, and the length of the base member, generally between the upper and the lower ends thereof, are each of a sufficient size to space the upper end of the insert member a predetermined distance above the lower end of the base member in a retainingly engaged position of the nut fastener or the like and the base member and in a retainingly engaged position of the threaded member and the insert member, the upper end of the insert member being remotely disposed with respect to the nut fastener or the like and the threaded member and the upper end of the insert member being engageable via a turning tool or the like for rotating the insert member.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the insert member is cylindrically shaped.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the tool removes a threaded member connected to a shock absorber from threaded engagement with a nut fastener securing the shock absorber to an upper structural member of an automobile frame, the lower end of the base member substantially maintaining the nut fastener in a relatively stationary position while turning the insert member for rotating the threaded member.

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Inventors: Taylor, Bobby W. (Cache, OK, US)

Application Number: 438224
Filing Date: 1974-01-31
Publication_date: 1976-02-03
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 81/55
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

956467	Apr, 1910	Anderson	81/55.
2736220	Feb, 1956	Kamuk	81/55.
2772590	Dec, 1956	Werries	81/55.
2790343	Apr, 1957	White	81/55.

Other Refs: 447,901876,655

Apr, 1948	CA
May, 1953	DT

Primary Examiner: Jones, Jr., James L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Dunlap, Codding & McCarthy