Patent ID: 6564680
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B25G

Abstract:
A hand-manipulated torque tool comprising:a first handle having a longitudinal axis and a pivot axis extending transverse to said longitudinal axis and having a receptor for supporting a work tool and having a cavity therein extending parallel to said longitudinal axis, an elongated second handle having a length and two terminal ends and being pivotally connected with said first handle on said pivot axis and at a mid-length location along said length and being pivotal to a position within said cavity for alignment with said longitudinal axis and a position out of said cavity to be transverse to said longitudinal axis to present a T-handle and with a first one of said terminal ends pivotal into and out of said cavity and a second one of said terminal ends always extendable to the side of said pivot axis away from said first handle, an engager on said first handle, a manually actuated locking member movably supported on said second handle and being movable independent of any movement of said second handle and always being exposed on said second terminal end for manual actuation and being cooperative with said engager to lock and non-lock modes for said handles and for releasably restraining said second handle alternately in said positions, and a spring yieldingly urging said locking member in said lock mode.