Patent ID: 7707916
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An adjustable socket having an outermost circumference, the adjustable socket comprising: a housing having a longitudinal axis; a plurality of apertures extending through the housing; an adjusting collar couplable to and movable along the housing, the adjusting collar having a bevelled internal circumferential portion and a chamber adjacent to the bevelled internal circumferential portion; a plurality of jaws, each jaw being slidably movable through a corresponding one of the apertures, each jaw having: a retainer having a flange supportable by the housing and a protrusion extending from the flange between the jaws' inward faces, each biasing element extending between the protrusion and a corresponding one of the jaws; wherein the jaws are movable towards and away from the longitudinal axis of the housing through a range of positions; and each of the jaws remains within to outermost circumference of the adjustable socket throughout the range of positions of the jaws.