Patent ID: 8794110
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A hand tool, comprising: a handle with a gripping portion and a distal end; an attachment end disposed at the distal end; a ratcheting mechanism having a ring and a ratcheting tooth combined with the attachment end, the ring turnable with respect to the attachment end around a first axis, the ring includes a first pair of aligned receiving holes that extend into the ring and concealed by an outer perimeter of the attachment end without touching the ratcheting mechanism; a retaining ring for fixing the ring in an axial position; a rotatable head combined with the ring and rotatable with respect to the ring around a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, the rotatable head includes a second pair of receiving holes that extend into the rotatable head, such that when the rotatable head is combined with the ring the first and second pair of receiving holes are aligned; and a pair of pivot pins defining the second axis are positioned in the first and the second receiving holes to combine the rotatable head to the ring so that the rotatable head is operable with the ratcheting mechanism, wherein the rotatable head comprises at least three sockets spaced around a circumference of the rotatable head.