Patent ID: 7707916

Claim:
An adjustable socket having an outermost circumference, the adjustable socket comprising: a housing having a longitudinal axis; a plurality of apertures extending through the housing; an adjusting collar couplable to and movable along the housing, the adjusting collar having a bevelled internal circumferential portion and a chamber adjacent to the bevelled internal circumferential portion; a plurality of jaws, each jaw being slidably movable through a corresponding one of the apertures, each jaw having: a flat inward face facing towards the longitudinal axis of the housing; a bevelled outward face facing away from the longitudinal axis of the housing, the bevelled outward face being slidable on the bevelled internal circumferential portion of the adjusting collar; an outwardly protruding lip adjacent to the bevelled outward face, the lip protruding into and movable within the chamber; and a biasing element biasing said each jaw away from the longitudinal axis of the housing; and a retainer having a flange supportable by the housing and a protrusion extending from the flange between the jaws' inward faces, each biasing element extending between the protrusion and a corresponding one of the jaws; wherein the jaws are movable towards and away from the longitudinal axis of the housing through a range of positions; and each of the jaws remains within to outermost circumference of the adjustable socket throughout the range of positions of the jaws.