Patent ID: 7942082
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
1. A crankable hand wrench, comprising: an elongated main handle having opposite end portions, opposite faces extending between said opposite end portions, and at least one slot formed through said main handle nearer to one than the other of said opposite end portions so as to open at said opposite faces, said main handle also having opposite sides extending between said opposite end portions and said opposite faces and apertures defined through said opposite sides adjacent to and open at one end of said slot proximate said one end portion of said main handle; a wrench head attached to and extending from at least said other of said opposite end portions of said main handle; and at least one crank assembly incorporated by said main handle, said crank assembly including a crank handle movable between a stored position in which said crank handle is disposed substantially within said slot and a deployed position in which said crank handle extends from said main handle so as to form a substantially L-shaped crank therewith, said crank assembly also including a transverse bore extending through one end of said crank handle in alignment with said apertures in said main handle and a hinge pin fitted through said apertures and transverse bore so as to pivotally couple said crank handle to said main handle; wherein said crank assembly further includes