Hand tool

Claim 1

A TOOL FOR INSERTING A PIN-TYPE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR INTO A RECEPTACLE AND COMPULSORILY PULL TESTING SAID CONNECTOR AFTER INSERTION COMPRISING, A ROD HAVING A RECESS AT ONE END FOR SAID CONNECTOR, SHOULDER MEANS IN SAID RECESS FOR TRANSMITTING INSERTING AND WITHDRAWING FORCES FROM SAID CONNECTOR TO SAID ROD, AN AXIAL SLOT IN SAID ROD EXTENDING INWARDLY THEREOF FROM SAID ONE END, A KEY IN SAID SLOT, A TUBULAR BARREL IN SURROUNDING RELATIONSHIP TO PORTIONS OF SAID ROD AND KEY, SAID KEY BEING IMMOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BARREL, SAID ROD BEING SLIDABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BARREL FROM A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID KEY EXTENDS ACROSS SAID RECESS TO CONFINE SAID CONNECTOR IN SAID RECESS TO A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH SAID KEY DOES NOT EXTEND ACROSS SAID RECESS AND SAID CONNECTOR IS RELEASED FROM CONFINED ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID RECESS, AND OVERLOAD RELEASE DETENT MEANS IN SAID BARREL AND EFFECTIVE BETWEEN SAID ROD AND SAID BARREL FOR MAINTAINING SAID ROD AND KEY IN SAID FIRST POSITION WHEREBY, UPON APPLICATION OF A PULLING FORCE TO SAID BARREL AFTER INSERTION OF A CONFINED PIN, SAID BARREL AND KEY ARE MOVED RELATIVE TO SAID ROD AND SAID PIN IS RELEASED FROM CONFINED ENGAGEMENT.