Major tool manufacturers attracted to SCC student’s patented invention
Southwestern Community College student Stanley Kingsberry has landed a patent for his invention of a magnetic wrench system.
Though offers to buy his invention are streaming in from companies across the nation, he’s holding out for a bid in the nine-figure range. Kingsberry said he hopes to make a firm decision by March on whether to lease the idea to tool manufacturers or sell it outright.
Kingsberry got the idea nearly five years ago, while working at a mechanic shop outside of Fayetteville. He was underneath a Volvo diesel truck one day, when a nut he’d just loosened fell and struck him square on the forehead.
Annoyed, he asked fellow mechanics if anyone had a magnetic wrench. No one in the garage had ever heard of such a thing, but someone did have a question that would ultimately change the course of Kingsberry’s life: “What are you going to do about it?”
His patented system includes three potential methods manufacturers can use for magnetizing wrenches. His original sketches and prototypes feature three magnets, each drilled into a strategic location on the inner face of the wrench.
www.magneticwrenchsystems.com or 828.339.4000.
