Patent ID: 9457456
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B25B

Claim Text:
1. A ratchet wrench comprising a wrench body and a ratchet assembly disposed in the wrench body, wherein the ratchet assembly including: a ratchet wheel; a Y-shaped bar having a stem, a first prong and a second prong extending from the stem, the first prong tilted to the left, and the second prong tilted to the right; a first pawl engageable with the ratchet wheel and defining a first bore in a lower right corner thereof, the first bore being tilted to the left for reception of the first prong of the Y-shaped bar, the first prong of the Y-shaped bar being not disengaged from the first bore during movement of the first pawl; a second pawl engageable with the ratchet wheel and defining a second bore in a lower left corner thereof, the second bore being tilted to the right for reception of the second prong of the Y-shaped bar, the second prong of the Y-shaped bar being not disengaged from the second bore during movement of the second pawl; a pawl spring disposed between the first and second pawls; and a switch member partly positioned on an exterior of the wrench body, the switch member having a positioning slot defined in a top thereof and the stem of the Y-shaped bar inserted into the positioning slot, the switch member being operable to drive the Y-shaped bar to move between a first position where the first pawl is moved to the left into engagement with the ratchet wheel by means of the first prong, and a second position where the second pawl is moved to the right into engagement with the ratchet wheel by means of the second prong.