Patent ID: 6568301
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
An adjustable wrench comprising a main body, a slide block slidably mounted in the main body, a movable jaw partially and slidably received in the main body and a handle pivotally attached to the main body by a pivot member, the main body having a fixed jaw projecting therefrom and corresponding to the movable jaw, a slide channel defined in a top section of the main body and the movable jaw partially slidably disposed in the slide channel, one end of the main body opposite to the fixed jaw being pivotally connected with the handle, a hollow section defined in and extending through the main body, the slide block mounted in the hollow section, said adjustable wrench being characterized in that the slide block is only transversely slid within the hollow section, an adjustment bolt pivotally connected with the slide block, the movable jaw having a toothed section engaged with the adjustment bolt, by means of turning the adjustment bolt, the position of the movable jaw being changeable, one side of the slide block opposite to the adjustment bolt being formed with a dented section, the handle having a stop member extending therethrough and corresponding to the dented section for abutting against the slide block, a first resilient member being positioned between the stop member and a lateral wall the hollow section, the first resilient member serving to resiliently push the stop member to push the slide block to move in a direction toward the fixed jaw.