Park Tool
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Howard C. Hawkins Art Engstrom | |
Headquarters | Oakdale, Minnesota, U.S. |
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Key people | Eric Hawkins Sara Carlson |
Products | Bicycle tools |
Website | www |
Park Tool Company is an American designer, manufacturer and marketer of bicycle tools and equipment for both professional and home bicycle mechanics. It manufactures about 4000 products.[1]
History
In 1963,
Patents
The founders of Park Tool along with James E. Johnson developed a clamping device on their original bike repair stand, for which they received a United States Patent in 1976.[3] The company has applied for and has been granted many patents since then, including a pizza cutter shaped like a penny-farthing.[4] and several patents for bicycle specific repair tools.
Color
Park Tool products typically incorporate blue into their design. Handles are frequently colored blue but some tools are colored differently so as to avoid confusion between different tools of otherwise similar appearance. This is the case with the square-taper crank puller (CCP-22, blue) and the splined crank puller (CCP-44, black). Similarly the AWS-10 folding hex wrench set has a traditional Park blue handle, while the visually very similar TWS-2 folding Torx wrench set is supplied in bright green. The color blue is a registered trademark of the company.[5]
References
- ^ Park Tool Company. "New In Blue Episode 1 - New Tools for Fall 2018". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ^ Park Tool Company. "Our History". Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ^ US 3514091, Johnson, James E.; Engstrom, Arthur B. & Hawkins, Howard C., "Clamping device", published 1970-05-26
- ^ US 5428898, Hawkins, Howard C., "Pizza cutter", published 1995-07-04, assigned to Bicycle Tools Inc.
- ^ Bicycle Retailer. "Park Tool 'Blue' Granted U.S. Trademark". Retrieved 2016-06-13.