Patent ID: 7979971

Claim:
A method of assembling a hand tool comprising the steps of: a) providing a tool head having a claw, said tool head defining an elongated socket having a circular cross-sectional area and a bottom, said socket having a lateral bore extending to an opening on the outer surface of said tool head, said lateral bore defining a chord across said socket; b) providing a plunger assembly having an elongated body with a top end, a bottom end, said plunger assembly body having a first lateral notch adjacent said top end, and a second lateral notch adjacent said bottom end, said plunger assembly body bottom end having a cross-sectional area slightly smaller than said socket; c) providing an elongated latch member sized to be disposed in said lateral bore; d) inserting said plunger assembly body into said socket; and e) inserting and fixing said latch member within said lateral bore, said latch member defining a passage in said socket.