Patent ID: 6948405
Filing Date: 2005-09-27
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. In a low profile ratchet wrench having a head with a ratchet socket driving shaft and a linearly elongated handle depending therefrom, the improved ratchet wrench comprising: a lever axially projecting from a free end of said handle for selectively choosing the directional rotation of said ratchet driving shaft: a cam, wherein said lever urges said cam to engage ratchet wheel teeth and allow selective unidirectional rotation of said ratchet socket driving shaft in a direction clockwise or counterclockwise about a fastener; a plurality of cam teeth engaging said ratchet wheel teeth; a first margin and a second margin each depending from an inferior end of said cam and separated by a distance, said first margin and said second margin engaged by said lever; said cam pivotal about an axle; a pair of concave hollows formed on the surface of said cam, said hollows adjacently spaced on the same marginal side of said cam; an outwardly biased spring affixed at one end to an interior wall of said head; and a ball partially housed by said spring at an end opposite the affixed end, said ball inserted into one of said hollows to impinge the cam in a specified position, thereby facilitating unidirectional rotation of said ratchet wrench.