Patent ID: 6732615
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A multiple-size nut driver comprising;a socket portion comprising: a plurality of concentric hexagonal sockets slidably mounted along a longitudinal axis of the driver, each of said sockets sliding between a forward operative position and a rearward retracted position, and each of said sockets having an inside dimension sized to snugly fit over a nut of a particular size, each socket having at least one prong extending rearward from a rear surface of the socket, the prong for each socket being angularly displaced from the prongs extending rearward from the other sockets in the plurality of sockets; a socket selector mounted behind the plurality of concentric hexagonal sockets, said selector holding a selected socket in the forward operative position while allowing unselected sockets to retract to the rearward retracted position, wherein the socket selector includes a rotatable selector paddle laterally mounted behind the prongs that is rotated until the selector paddle aligns with the prong on a socket of a desired size, said selector paddle engaging the aligned prong and holding the socket of the desired size in the forward operative position; and a handle connected to the socket portion for rotating the socket portion; whereby the selected socket is placed over a nut, and turns the nut when the socket portion is rotated by the handle.