Patent ID: 8397607
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B25G

Abstract:
1. An angle adjustable handle for a hand tool, comprising: a first shank extending along a first lengthwise axis to terminate at a first major surface; a plug extending from said first major surface along a swivel axis that is normal to said first major surface, and that is at an angle with the first lengthwise axis; a second shank extending along a second lengthwise axis to terminate at a second major surface that has an insertion opening extending along the second lengthwise axis; a socket configured to be insertable into said insertion opening, and having left and right body halves which are opposite to each other radially to the second lengthwise axis and which are brought toward the second lengthwise axis to be tightened to each other, said left and right body halves respectively having left and right rear socket ends which extend in a circumferential direction about the swivel axis to define a socket cavity for accommodating said plug, and which cooperatively define an abutment surface configured to abut against said first major surface such that said socket is swivelable about the swivel axis between a normal position, where the first and second lengthwise axes are aligned with each other, and an angle-adjusted position, where the first and second lengthwise axes are at an angle with each other; and a spring-loaded latch disposed in said first shank and movable between a retracted position, where said latch is disposed inwardly of said first major surface, and an extended position, where said latch extends into said abutment surface to thereby prevent said socket from moving away from a selected one of the normal and angle-adjusted positions.