Patent ID: 6065374
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
In a wrench having an elongated handle provided with a head portion, the combination of a floating pawl in the head portion of the wrench, the pawl having alternate positions constituting the respective ""forward"" and ""reverse"" movements of the wrench, a bifurcated spring lodged in the head portion and having a pair of free ends alternately engaging the pawl, an actuator lodged between the arms of the spring, and an externally-accessible manually-manipulatable reversing lever connected to the actuator for selectively moving the actuator between alternate positions, such that the actuator alternately engages and moves a respective one of the legs of the spring away from the pawl, and such that the free end of the other leg of the spring resiliently engages the pawl and moves the pawl into a respective alternate position.