Patent ID: 6240809
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a first handle;a second handle;a ratchet device having an attachment device and a base;wherein the attachment device is rotatable with respect to the base either clockwise or counterclockwise but not both,wherein the base of the ratchet device has a left side and a right side, and the first handle is connected to the base of the ratchet device at the left side of the base; and the second handle is connected to the base of the ratchet device at the right side of the base;wherein the first handle is an elongated bar having a first end and a second end and the first handle is connected to the left side of the base of the ratchet device at the first end of the first handle; andthe second handle is an elongated bar having a first end and a second end and the second handle is connected to the right side of the base of the ratchet device at the first end of the second handle;wherein the first end of the first handle has an extension;the first end of the second handle has an extension;the base of the ratchet device has a recess on its left side and a recess on its right side;the first handle is connected to the left side of the base of the ratchet device by inserting the extension of the first end of the first handle into the recess on the left side of the base of the ratchet device; andthe second handle is connected to the right side of the base of the ratchet device by inserting the extension of the first end of the second handle into the recess on the right side of the base of the ratchet device; andwherein the first handle and the second handle can be disconnected from the base of the ratchet device by unscrewing the first handle from the ratchet device and by unscrewing the second handle from the ratchet device, respectively.