Matco Blunder

[DSLTRK]

Found this pic while on Ebay. What does "PAT PENT" mean? I'm 99% sure it's supposed to be pat pend., like the 1/2 and 1/4 drives.

 

[OEXL16B]

PAT PENT is short for Patent Penthouse.

 

[GeorgiaHybrid]

English spelling skills aren't a Chinese strong point.....

 

[twistedchief]

hay i went to school with that dude old pat pent

 

[davesnothere]

English spelling skills aren't a Chinese strong point.....

 

[OEXL16B]

English spelling skills aren't a Chinese strong point.....

They mainly lack pluralty. They don't put an S on the end of anything.

 

[B18c_tuner]

The dam Chinese are starting to take over, pretty sad IMO. USA ftw!!

 

[Skin]

The dam Chinese are starting to take over, pretty sad IMO. USA ftw!!

those ratchets are made in the USA. its stamped such on the other side...

 

[DSLTRK]

What is this country coming to??

 

[91bronc300]

those ratchets are made in the USA. its stamped such on the other side...

What is this country coming to??

No Child Left Behind.

 

[chris142]

those ratchets are made in the USA. its stamped such on the other side...

Where did the steel come from?

 

[SMKS]

Where did the steel come from?

It couldn't be stamped "USA" and sold as "made in the USA" if it wasn't US steel.

The FTC labeling regulations require all or virtually all components and processes in making the item be of US origin, if it's claimed to be a USA made product. Using foreign steel is a significant piece of the product, so that would violate the FTC rules for labeling a product "USA."

More info at this link:
http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard

What is the standard for a product to be called Made in USA without qualification?

For a product to be called Made in USA, or claimed to be of domestic origin without qualifications or limits on the claim, the product must be "all or virtually all" made in the U.S. The term "United States," as referred to in the Enforcement Policy Statement, includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories and possessions.

What does "all or virtually all" mean?

"All or virtually all" means that all significant parts and processing that go into the product must be of U.S. origin. That is, the product should contain no — or negligible — foreign content.

 

[chris142]

I learnt something today.

 

[DSLTRK]

I highly doubt a tool company would have steel shipped 6000 miles from China when the US is a major supplier of the metal.

 

[Slingshot Engage]

I highly doubt a tool company would have steel shipped 6000 miles from China when the US is a major supplier of the metal.

You'd be surprised.

 

[ihateminimumwage]

Not like half the workers in an American factory actually even speak English nowadays anyway...

 

[otis66]

PAT PENT is short for Patent Penthouse.

LOLOL

 

[beerdog]

It was probably just a tooling set-up error. I used to do alott of text marking of round steel parts. You have these little letter dies that you load into a holder. They probably did not want to scrap a whole batch for one letter.