Patent ID: 6637298
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A socket for a socket wrench of the type comprising an actuating handle carrying the socket, the socket comprising:a tubular body, the body having two opposed end portions on either side of a hollow central portion, a set of nesting individual sockets on the body at each end of the body, each set of sockets being housed within an end portion of the body, each adjacent pair of nesting sockets in a set of sockets comprising an inner socket and an outer socket, said inner socket being movable axially inwardly relative to the outer socket to expose said outer socket for use, an exterior of the body at each end of the body being adapted for engagement with a lever for rotation of the sockets, locking means being provided for selectively locking each individual socket on the body, said locking means comprising a selector switch on the body which is operable to position an associated selector pin on the body for engagement with a selected individual socket to prevent retraction of said selected individual socket on the body, each individual socket having an outwardly extending lug at an inner end of said socket for engagement with the selector pin, said lugs being engagable with an associated land within the body to retain the individual sockets within the body, a spring being mounted within the body for engagement between the innermost individual sockets in each set of nesting sockets to urge each socket outwardly engaging the lug on the socket with the land on the body.