Patent ID: 7395738

Claim:
A wrench type ratchet handle comprising: an elongated body having an anterior end and a posterior end, a receiving tunnel between said anterior end and said posterior end and a body fixture means including a lock collar stop and a lock collar chassis such that said lock collar stop and said lock collar chassis are permanently attached in a fixed position; a head permanently attached in a fixed position to said body anterior end having a working section including a drive collar, including a socket retention means, rotatively mounted in working relationship to said head and including a set of miter gears such that said drive collar and said miter gears are operationally coupled; a rigid drive shaft in working relationship to said body receiving tunnel having a posterior end including a receiving area and having an anterior end including a spindle in working relationship to said miter gear set; a hollowed handle having an anterior end including a handle fixture means permanently attached in a fixed position to said handle including a handle key and said handle having a posterior end including a first interior receiving area and a second interior receiving area; a hub-retainer assembly means including a hub in working relationship to said handle first interior receiving area and to said body, a bearing washer including a perforated washer and a set of bearings in working relationship to said hub and said body, an inside tab washer in working relationship to said bearing washer and said body and a lock nut in working relationship to said inside tab washer and said body such that said bearing washer and said inside tab washer isolate rotary motion of said handle and said hub from said lock nut and said body; a ratchet mechanism assembly means including a ring gear in working relationship to said handle second interior receiving area and a set of anti-rotation pins in working relationship to said handle and said ring gear prohibiting said ring gear rotation relative to said handle, and a bi-directional ratchet mechanism in working relationship to said ring gear and said drive shaft posterior end receiving area; an axially movable locking means including a lock collar in working relationship to said lock collar chassis such that said lock collar axial movement is permitted along said lock collar chassis axis and rotary motion of said lock collar about said lock collar chassis axis is prohibited and such that engagement of said lock collar with both said lock collar chassis and said handle key prohibits rotary motion of said handle and such that engagement of said lock collar with only said lock collar chassis permits rotary motion of said handle.