| US Patent: 1,788,535 
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| Socket-wrench kit | 
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| Patentees: |  
 | Edward Henry Peterson (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  | Norris F. McNaught (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Oct. 11, 1928 |  
| Granted: | Jan. 13, 1931 |  
 
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| Description: |  | The patent focuses on the holder for a wrench set comprised of a ratchet, hex-shaft nut driver / handle, and hex drive sockets and screwdriver tip.
The top portion is a slip-in holder for the hex bar and ratchet.  It hinges to one side to open the compartment for the sockets.  
A known example is marked only with the patent number stamped in the base; the set may have had a paper label or come in a box. |  |