Patent ID: 6901823

Claim:
A ratcheting spud wrench, comprising: a shaft having an elongate main body with a fastener gripping end, a hole aligning end, a top surface and a bottom surface; an elongate, milled slot extending alone said bottom surface of said main body; a magnetic strip disposed inside of said milled slot; a generally flat oval aligning portion disposed on said hole aligning end adapted for passing through bolt receiving flange holes of interconnecting steel structural beams for aligning the flange holes of the interconnecting beams so that a single bolt may pass through the flange holes of the interconnecting beams; and a ratchet head disposed on said fastener gripping end having a center through hole for receiving a bolt and a bolt fastener, and a gripping portion disposed around the periphery of said center through hole for gripping the bolt fastener; whereby said shaft is turnable to apply torque to the bolt fastener to tighten or loosen the bolt positioned inside of the aligned holes of the steel beams so that a separate ratcheting wrench is not necessary when aligning and securing interconnecting steel beams.