Patent ID: 6282990
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A low profile flat head ratchet comprising an elongated housing having an upper shell and a lower shell, said housing having one flat end and one tubular end, said flat end being substantially shorter in height than in width, an annular boss in the lower shell having an annular bore which extends through the housing, said upper shell including an annular post which extends downwardly toward the boss, a gear rotatably mounted on the post and the boss, a yoke pivotally on about the gear, means for forcibly pivoting the yoke about the gear, pawl means for driving the gear in a preselected rotational direction as the yoke is pivoted about the gear, reversing means for selecting the rotational direction in which the gear will be driven, and socket attachment means integrally provided in the gear and projecting through the bore for driving an attached socket in the direction the gear is being driven.