Patent ID: 8028607
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B25B,B25G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ratcheting tool comprising: a handle formed with an integral yoke at a first end, said yoke including a pair of parallel legs and a back wall that is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of said handle; a tool head coupled to said yoke at a pivot, said tool head having a toothed hub facing rearwardly of said pivot and into said yoke; a locking spool rotatably carried in said yoke adjacent said toothed hub, said locking spool having a first face, a second face, a first tooth extending along both said first face and said second face, said first tooth engaging said toothed hub, a backside extending between said first face and said second face, and a blind bore formed in said backside of said locking spool; and a detent disposed in said blind bore of said locking spool and depending outwardly therefrom, such that said detent contacts said back wall of said yoke and rotates with said locking spool, wherein said locking spool is rotatable about an axis of rotation between a first position in which said first face is adjacent said toothed hub, thereby locking said tool head in a selected angular position with respect to said handle, and a second position in which said second face is adjacent to said toothed hub such that said tool head is pivotable about said pivot, and said axis of rotation of said locking spool is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis of said handle.