Patent ID: 7556239

Claim:
In a valve comprising a tubular body having a bore flow passage, a valve element having a through flow passage, said valve element being supported in said through bore flow passage for rotation through a quarter turn about an axis transverse to said through flow passage, wherein said through flow passage is aligned with said bore flow passage to permit flow when said valve element is positioned at a first end of the quarter turn and is misaligned with said bore flow passage to prevent flow when said valve element is at a second end of the quarter turn, an actuating valve stem and a manually engageable handle secured thereto for selective operation of said actuating valve stem through a quarter-turn input motion for effecting opening or closing of said valve element to permit or prevent flow and a motion multiplication means operated by rotation of said actuating valve stem, wherein the improvement comprises: a tool engaging configuration on said manually engageable handle for facilitating a remote operation of said handle, said tool engaging configuration comprising four separately upstanding arcuately spaced embossments forming a circular array, each embossment having at least an upwardly opening socket, at least two of said sockets being configured to receive therein a fragment of the same tool.