Patent ID: 7261018

Claim:
A power tool, comprising a housing having a drive portion for turning a fastener to tighten or loosen the fastener, said drive portion having two opposite sides spaced from one another in one direction and two connecting means spaced from one another in another direction which is transverse to said one direction, said two connecting means including a drive element for connecting with a fastener to be turned and a reaction element for connecting with an adjacent fastener so as to stop the power tool from turning around the fastener to be turned, so that during tightening of the first mentioned fastener said drive element engages said first mentioned fastener on one of said sides of said drive portion while said reaction element engages said adjacent fastener also on said one side of said drive portion, and during tightening of the adjacent fastener said drive element engages said adjacent fastener on the other side of said drive portion while said reaction element engage said first mentioned fastener also on the other side of said drive portion, wherein said drive element and said reaction element are movable through said portion to a first position to extend together outwardly only beyond said one side of said drive portion and to a second position to extend together outwardly only beyond said other side of said drive portion; and means for fixing said drive and reaction elements in said first and second positions, wherein said fixing means being provided in said elements and said drive portion and spaced from one another in said traverse direction.