Patent ID: 6732614
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A wrench comprising:a handle; a head extended from the handle, a web being defined between the handle and the head, the head including a first compartment, the web including a second compartment communicated with the first compartment, a cavity being defined in the web and communicated with the second compartment; a drive member rotatably mounted in the first compartment of the head and including a plurality of teeth on an outer periphery thereof; a switch member mounted in the cavity and rotatable relative to the handle between two positions corresponding to two opposite ratcheting directions of the handle; and a pawl slidably mounted in the second compartment, the pawl including a first side facing the first compartment and a second side facing away from the first compartment, the first side of the pawl including a first toothed portion and a second toothed portion that are selectively engaged with the teeth of the drive member according to one of the positions of the switch member relative to the handle, the second side of the pawl including a notch, the switch member having a portion extending into the notch of the pawl, thereby preventing disengagement of the switch member from the cavity.