Patent ID: 8342062

Claim:
A multi-angle hand tool comprising: a shank including a body, a compartment defined in an outer peripheral edge of the body, with the body and the compartment having longitudinal lengths extending in the same direction; an operating device including a connecting end having an engaging portion defined thereon; a guide mounted in the compartment and including an embedding portion defined thereon, with the embedding portion including a plurality of embedding ends sequentially disposed on a first wall of the guide, with the embedding portion engagable with the engaging portion; and a connecting device disposed and interconnected at an interconnection between the operating device and the guide to connect the operating device to the guide; and wherein the operating device is movable relative to the connecting device radially relative to the interconnection and is movable to positions engaging different embedding ends of the guide and pivotal with respect to the shank; and wherein the multi-angle hand tool has a plurality of operation modes and, in each operation mode, the operating device is prevented from moving and pivoting with respect to the shank by engaging the engaging portion with the embedding portion; and wherein a longitudinal length of the operating device is perpendicular to, angled non-perpendicularly to, or aligned with the longitudinal length of the body selectively for different operation modes.