Patent ID: 7137318

Claim:
A ratchet-based, torque-enhanced fastener tool for tightening and loosening lug nuts and other fasteners, which comprises: a) a main housing having an imaginary horizontal axis; b) a handle attached to and extending downwardly from said main housing and away from said imaginary horizontal axis; c) a trigger connected to one of said main housing and said handle and being hingedly connected thereto as to be pulled toward said handle and released in a reciprocal manner; d) biasing means functionally connected to said trigger and adapted to bias said trigger away from said handle; e) a drive mechanism within said main housing and connected to said trigger such that reciprocal movement of said handle moves said drive mechanism; f) a ratchet gear functionally connected to said drive mechanism so as to rotate when said drive mechanism is moved; g) a drive gear directly or indirectly functionally connected to said ratchet gear so as to rotate when said ratchet gear is so rotated; and, h) a socket wrench driver connected to said drive gear so as to axially rotate simultaneously with said drive gear; i) a support connected to and extending away from said main housing, said support having a dummy socket wrench driver adapted to receive a stabilizer lug nut socket; wherein a user may attach a first lug nut socket to said socket wrench driver and attach a second lug nut socket to said dummy socket wrench driver, and with the use of a single band, attach said first lug nut socket to a first lug nut to be removed or fastened to a wheel, attach said stabilizer-connected second lug nut socket to a second lug nut on said wheel, repeatedly pull said trigger, and thereby rotate said first lug nut, thereby effecting rotational stabilization, axial stabilization and first lug nut movement single handedly.