Patent ID: 6186034
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
A tool comprising:a handle portion having a yoke at a forward end;a tool head coupled to said yoke at a pivot, said tool head having first and second planar outer surface portions and a toothed hub with a plurality of recessed surfaces and at least a portion of said toothed hub faces rearwardly of said pivot into said yoke, said first and second planar outer surface portions coinciding with a first and a second plane, said first and second planes intersecting at a plane intersection angle, and said toothed hub located between the first and second planes and within the plane intersection angle;a locking mechanism having at least two teeth, said locking mechanism carried at least partially within said yoke opposite the toothed hub, and whereby said locking mechanism may be positioned to a first position in which said at least two teeth engage at least two recessed surfaces of the toothed hub and a second position in which said locking mechanism is linearly displaced in a direction away from said toothed hub to allow rotation of said tool head about the pivot.