Patent ID: 8695463

Claim:
A pivoting assembly for a hand tool comprising: a first stem including a first connecting end, a first driving end spaced from the first connecting end, and first and second jaw portions respectively extending from the first connecting end, with an opening formed between distal end faces of the first and second jaw portions, with an inner periphery surface formed between the first connecting end and the first and second jaw portions; a second stem pivotally connected with the first stem and including a second connecting end, a second driving end spaced from the second connecting end, and two arm portions respectively extending from two opposite end of a terminal face of the second connecting end, with an engaging portion formed at an end of the two arm portions opposite to the second connecting end, with the engaging portion including an outer periphery surface and engaged with the first and second jaw portions, with the outer periphery surface abutted against the inner periphery surface, with a gap formed between the two arm portions and the engaging portion, with the gap selectively receiving the first and second jaw portions.