Patent ID: 8973476
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A tool that has: a slide gear that slides laterally in a slide channel in a head that has closed sides that prevent access to the lateral ends of the slide channel; a ratchet that is mounted for rotation within a ratchet recess in the head, and has a drive stem that protrudes from a face of the head; two opposed shoulders that are on the slide gear and face the ratchet; a biasing element that is selectively positionable in either a clockwise ratcheting position or in a counterclockwise ratcheting position, in each position the biasing element biasing the slide gear laterally to a position where one of the opposed shoulders engages an engaged tooth on the ratchet, but permitting sufficient rotational force to drive the engaged tooth and the slide gear away from a centerline of the wrench until the shoulder disengages from that engaged tooth, the biasing element subsequently driving the previously engaged shoulder back toward the centerline of the wrench, where the shoulder engages a new engaged tooth; a pin that extends from the slide gear and protrudes from a rear face of the head, enabling a user to slide the slide gear laterally in the slide channel and thus to selectively arrange the tool in either the clockwise ratcheting position or the counterclockwise ratcheting position.