Patent ID: 7066056

Claim:
A ratchet socket tool comprising: a socket having a toothed protrusion extending axially from a first end thereof and a polygonal recess defined in a second end of the socket; a tube mounted on the first end of the socket and a notch defined in an inner periphery thereof; a driving member having a fist end rotatably inserting into a central passage of the tube and a passage defined axially through the driving member, a second end of the driving member adapted to be connected with a handle, a recess defined in an inner periphery of the passage and a pawl movably engaged with the recess, the pawl having a toothed surface which is engaged with the toothed protrusion of the socket, and a biasing member having a first end engaged with the notch in the tube and a second end of the biasing member extending through a hole defined through a wall of the driving member and engaged with a concavity defined in the pawl and located opposite to the toothed surface.