Patent ID: 7316172
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
1. A handheld tool, comprising: a first handle; a second handle connected to the first handle to be turned relative to the first handle between a retracted position and an unretracted position, wherein the second handle is located under the first handle when the second handle is turned to the retracted position; and locking means for securing the second handle to the first handle when the second handle is turned to the unretracted position; wherein the first handle has a turning space at an end thereof, and the second handle has an elongated protrusion at an end thereof, and the locking means includes an elongated slot communicated with the turning space and at least one positioning member, wherein the second handle has the protrusion engaged with the turning space for switching between the retracted position and the unretracted position and the protrusion enters the elongated slot with the positioning member securing the protrusion in the elongated slot when the second handle is turned to the unretracted position; and wherein the turning space of the first handle is a round hole and the first handle further includes a stop wall on a wall of the round hole and a wall of the elongated slot, and the protrusion of the second handle includes a head portion and a neck portion, wherein the neck is associated with the stop wall whereby the neck portion is against the stop wall when the neck portion is in the round hole or in the elongated slot.