When is a wrench not a wrench?

[rusty]

Here's a strange patent.

When is a wrench not a wrench?

Why..when it's a bracket!

Do you suppose this fellow was a wrench salesman?

PS: Look carefully...how do you assemble the head into the sleeve?

[Papaw]

Figure 2 shows it articulated, so that would be easy enough, but the other two views don't look right. Unless the body of the wrench is two-piece or a folded over steel piece.

[Branson]

Figure 1 shows a line along the back, which appears to be where the edges are folded over.  It appears that figure 2 is a slightly different version of the tool.

[Wrenchmensch]

A wrench verges on non-wrench status when it's application is other than on a threaded nut or nipple, or a threaded screw or bolt.  That is my belief, narrow as it is.  The drawing demonstrates the similarity of a clamp to a wrench. 

[amertrac]

about two years ago I got one of those in an auction box . I thought the previous owner did a lousy welding job and threw it in the metal trash.   bob w.