Patent ID: 7481135
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: B25G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adjustable-head hand tool comprising: a body having a handle and a pivot axis; a head mounted to the body for pivotal movement about the pivot axis; an actuator carried by one of the body and the head for reciprocating movement between a release condition accommodating relative pivotal movement of the body and the head and a locking condition to lock the head in a predetermined position with respect to the body; a bearing structure carried by one of the body and the head and received by a cavity of the other of the body and the head and the bearing structure having an end face bearing surface and the cavity having a bottom bearing surface and the bearing structure secured within the cavity by a boss so that the end face bearing surface and the bottom bearing surface are in abutting contact and upon which the head may be adjusted relative to the body; one of the bearing structure and the cavity having a plurality of radial slots for receiving the actuator when in the locking condition; and wherein a pair of angular bearing surfaces are formed between the head and body and the bearing surfaces are formed at 45° from a longitudinal axis of the body.