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A tool for facilitating the tightening and torquing (or loosening) of threaded fasteners used to hold together two work pieces. The tool includes one or more units, where each unit has an aperture for gripping a threaded fastener, a hole with a tension bolt extending therefrom, and a shoulder for su

A tool for facilitating the tightening and torquing (or loosening) of threaded fasteners used to hold together two work pieces. The tool includes one or more units, where each unit has an aperture for gripping a threaded fastener, a hole with a tension bolt extending therefrom, and a shoulder for supporting a tension bolt extending from an adjacent tool during the tightening and torquing of the threaded fasteners.

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1. A system facilitating the tightening or loosening of at least one threaded fastener of a plurality of threaded fasteners used for holding together two work pieces, the two work pieces having corresponding spatially arranged holes for receiving threaded fasteners having gripping end portions exten

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A system facilitating the tightening or loosening of at least one threaded fastener of a plurality of threaded fasteners used for holding together two work pieces, the two work pieces having corresponding spatially arranged holes for receiving threaded fasteners having gripping end portions extending from the work pieces, the system comprising: a first unit having an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral edge surface, at least one of said upper and lower surfaces being substantially planer, an aperture for gripping a threaded fastener, said aperture extending from said upper surface to said lower surface, and a hole in said edge surface, said hole extending substantially parallel to said at least one substantially planer surface and separated from said aperture, at least a portion of said hole being threaded;said first unit including a tension bolt having first and second opposing ends defining a bolt length and a threaded shaft engaging said threaded hole portion, at least a portion of said tension bolt extending outward from said hole at said edge surface; anda second unit having an aperture for gripping a second threaded fastener of the plurality of threaded fasteners, said second unit having a shoulder providing a point of contact with one said end of said tension bolt. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein said first unit further comprises an attached magnet for releasably attaching said first unit to one of the work pieces. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein said first and second units are identical. 4. The system of claim 3, further comprising one said unit for each of the plurality of threaded fasteners. 5. The system of claim 2, wherein said peripheral edge surface of said first unit defines a shoulder adapted to provide a point of contact with an end of a tension bolt of an adjacent unit, and wherein said second unit further comprises an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral edge surface, at least one of said upper and lower surfaces being substantially planer, said second unit aperture extending from said second unit upper surface to said second unit lower surface, and a hole in said second unit edge surface, said second unit hole extending substantially parallel to said at least one substantially planer surface and separated from said aperture of said second unit, at least a portion of said second unit hole being threaded, an attached magnet for releasably attaching said second unit to one of the work pieces, and said second unit including a tension bolt having first and second opposing ends defining a bolt length and a threaded shaft engaging said second unit threaded hole portion, at least a portion of said second unit tension bolt extending outward from said hole at said edge surface of said second unit. 6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a plurality of said first and second units corresponding to the plurality of spatially arranged threaded fasteners such that one of said first or second units is capable of being positioned onto each of the plurality of threaded fasteners, wherein with one of said first or second units on each of the plurality of spatially arranged fasteners, each said unit's tension bolt contacts an adjacent said unit's shoulder. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein said first and second units are identical. 8. The system of claim 7, further comprising one said unit for each of the plurality of threaded fasteners. 9. A method facilitating the tightening of a plurality of spatially arranged threaded fasteners for holding together two work pieces using a plurality of units, each unit comprising a member having first and second substantially planer surfaces joined by a peripheral edge surface, an aperture for gripping a threaded fastener, the aperture extending from the first surface to the second surface, and a hole in the edge surface extending substantially parallel to the first surface and separated from the aperture, at least a portion of the hole being threaded, and a tension bolt threadedly engaging the threaded hole portion, the method comprising: positioning a plurality of units on one of the work pieces by placing one unit's aperture onto the gripping portion of the threaded fastener so that one unit grips one threaded fastener and each of the plurality of spatially arranged threaded fasteners is gripped by a unit;orienting each of the units so that each tension bolt is directed towards a shoulder of an adjacent unit;contacting the tension bolt of each unit with the shoulder of an adjacent unit;rotating the opposite end of one of the plurality of threaded fasteners with the tension bolt of the unit positioned on the one threaded fastener restricting rotational movement of the gripped portion of the threaded fastener. 10. The method of claim 9, further comprising magnetically attaching each unit to one of the work pieces to prevent each unit from falling away from the work piece. 11. The method of claim 9, further comprising rotating the opposite end of each of the plurality of threaded fasteners to a tightened position with the units positioned on the plurality of threaded fasteners. 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising at least partially rotating at least one tension bolt to remove the units from the work piece upon completing the tightening of at least one threaded fastener.