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US Patent: 2,913,942
Lock for slidable jaw wrench
SELECT-O-LOCK (tm)
Patentee:
Walter J. Rozmus (exact or similar names) - Whitesboro, NY

USPTO Classifications:
81/165

Tool Categories:
wrenches : wrench components : wrench adjustment locks
wrenches : wrench adjustment types : screw adjust wrenches

Assignees:
Kelsey-Hayes Co. - Utica, NY

Manufacturer:
Utica Drop Forge & Tool Corp. - Utica, NY

Witnesses:
none listed

Patent Dates:
Applied: Feb. 21, 1958
Granted: Nov. 24, 1959

Patent Pictures: [ 1 | 2 ]
Patent 2,913,942 - edited (with catalog illus.)
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Description:
Thumb controlled "lever" to prevent accidental alteration of the adjustment of "worm" adjustable wrench. The specifications broadly deprecate other means of accomplishing this objective.

Used in UTICA "SELECT-O-LOCK" adjustable wrenches beginning ca. 1960, replacing an earlier style of adjustment lock based on patent 2,729,999. Utica Catalog No. 67 shows this wrench in 6, 8, 10, and 12 inch sizes. A 1973 MAC catalog shows the same design in multiple sizes.

Patent nos. 1,367,408, 1,599,162, 1,749,002, 2,309,529, 2,688,893, 2,714,323, 2,755,693 and 2,780,124 are cited as references.

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