Patent ID: 8800410

Claim:
A ratchet wrench with a direction switching structure, comprising a wrench body, a ratchet wheel, a ratcheting member and a switching member, and the wrench body having an axial slot formed on a side of the wrench body for receiving the ratchet wheel, and a control slot formed on a side of the axial slot and interconnected to the axial slot; a plurality of ratchet teeth disposed on a side of the ratcheting member and swingably installed in the control slot and engaged with the ratchet wheel through the ratchet teeth; and the wrench body further having a pivot slot interconnected to the control slot, and the pivot slot having an opening formed on the wrench body, and the switching member being swingably installed in the pivot slot, wherein the switching member has a switching portion extended out from the pivot slot, and an elastic member extended from the switching member for pushing and propping out a prop member, and the ratcheting member has an abutting portion disposed on a side facing the pivot slot and provided for the prop member to prop against the abutting portion, so as to turn the switching portion to selectively control an engagement between the ratcheting member and the ratchet wheel, characterized in that the switching member has a latch portion extended outwardly towards the circumferential side, and the pivot slot has a circular slot formed on an upper ring of the circumferential wall of the pivot slot and the circular slot has a stepped surface formed at a position proximate to an opening of the pivot slot for installing the switching member in the pivot slot while the latch portion is latched into the circular slot and stopped by the stepped surface to position the switching member in the pivot slot.