Patent ID: 7178429

Claim:
A ratcheting tool comprising: a handle; a head extending from the handle, the head including a hole, the handle including a compartment communicated with the hole of the head, with the compartment including a top wall and a bottom wall, with the top wall and the bottom wall being planar and in a spaced parallel relation, with the compartment including a lateral wall extending between the top wall and the bottom wall and having a first end and a second end, with the first and second ends being circumferentially spaced along the hole of the head, with the lateral wall being spaced from the hole intermediate the first and second ends; a drive member rotatably mounted about an axis in the hole of the head, the drive member including a plurality of teeth on an outer periphery thereof, with the lateral wall extending parallel to the axis of the drive member; a pawl slidably mounted in the compartment of the handle, the pawl including a plurality of teeth on a side thereof for engaging with the teeth of the drive member; an anchor mounted in the compartment of the handle, with the anchor located adjacent the first end and the pawl located adjacent the second end of the lateral wall of the compartment; an elastic element attached between the pawl and the anchor for biasing the teeth of the pawl to engage with the teeth of the drive member; and a protruded portion protruding from one of the top wall and the bottom wall and spaced from the lateral wall defining the compartment of the handle, with the protruded portion being integrally formed as a unitary, unseparable component with the head spaced from the first and second ends of the lateral wall and with at least a portion of the anchor located between the protruded portion and the lateral wall for positioning the anchor in place, thereby preventing the anchor from moving out of the compartment of the handle, wherein the protruded portion is integrally formed on the top wall defining the compartment of the handle, with the compartment extending from the hole of the head spaced from an exterior of the handle and of the head, wherein the protruded portion is integrally formed on an end edge of the top wall defining the compartment and the hole of the handle.