Patent ID: 6199457
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A socket drive tool for use with a socket, the drive tool comprising:a body having a coupling structure for coupling to an associated socket;the coupling structure including a detent recess and a detent member disposed in the recess and movable between retaining and releasing positions relative to the associated socket;the body having a cavity therein communicating with the detent recess and an opening into the cavity;a link member having an aperture therethrough and disposed in the cavity for contact with the detent member and being reciprocatively movable between a retaining condition holding the detent member in its retaining position and a releasing condition accommodating movement of the detent member to its releasing position; andan actuator coupled to the link member by extending through the aperture and projecting from the opening for access by a user at one side of the link member for pivoting the actuator about a pivot axis on an opposite side of the link member, thereby to manually effect reciprocating movement of the link member between its retaining and releasing conditions.