US Patent 7237291 Combined nut recess cleaner and nut driver tool

A combined nut area cleaner and nut driver tool for manipulating nuts residing in recesses prone to filling with environmental debris. The tool having a body connecting with or forming a handle, a nut (or fastener) driver for connecting with the body and for driving the nut, and a cleaning flange for connecting to the body, this cleaning flange for cleaning the area adjacent the nut before the nut driver engages the nut. Preferably either the nut driver and/or the cleaning flange are able to be retracted in relation to the cleaning flange and/or nut driver.