Patent ID: 7222557

Claim:
A ratcheting tool driver, said ratcheting tool driver comprising: a. a hand-actuatable body comprising a first axial bore, an end face transverse to said first axial bore, and a first chamber recessed from and opening into said end face and said first axial bore; a second chamber recessed from and opening into said end face and said first axial bore, said second chamber being located on an opposite side of said first axial bore from said first chamber, b. a socket ring disposed in, and rotatable about an axis of, said first axial bore, said socket ring defining socket ring teeth about an outer circumference thereof and defining a second axial bore that receives a tool shank in rotational driving engagement therein; c. a first pawl having at least one pawl tooth, wherein said first pawl is disposed in said first chamber so that said first pawl is slidable transversely to said first axial bore between a first pawl first position in which said at least one first pawl tooth engages said socket ring teeth so that said first pawl blocks relative rotation between said body and said socket ring in a first rotational direction, and a first pawl second position in which said at least one first pawl tooth is disengaged from said socket ring teeth, d. a second pawl having at least one pawl tooth, wherein said second pawl is disposed in said second chamber so that said second pawl is slidable transversely to said first axial bore between a second pawl first position in which said at least one second pawl tooth engages said socket ring teeth so that said second pawl blocks relative rotation between said body and said socket ring in a second rotational direction opposite said first rotational direction, and a second pawl second position in which said at least one second pawl tooth is disengaged from said socket ring teeth, and e. a cover rotatably received on said hand-actuatable body, said cover comprising an end wall defining a bore therethrough, a generally cylindrical side wall coupled to said end wall, an inner circumference of said side wall defining a first ramped cam area and a second ramped cam area, said first and second ramped cam areas defining a plurality of cavities therein such that an end of said first and said second pawls engage said respective ramped first and second cam areas.