Patent ID: 6993997

Claim:
A ratchet wrench, comprising: a housing having an opening therein; a handle extending from said the housing; a rotor being positioned within said opening in said housing, said rotor including: a crosspiece having a polygonal cross-section; a top plate being affixed to the top of said crosspiece; a bottom plate being affixed to the bottom of said crosspiece; and, a stem extending downwardly from the center of said bottom plate for the selective attachment of a socket; a pair of movable wedges being positioned adjacent each side of said crosspiece and between said top plate and said bottom plate; a compressed spring being positioned between each pair of movable wedges for urging said wedges away from one another and into engagement with both said housing and said crosspiece; a selector being rotatably fastened to said rotor, said selector including: a disk being positioned atop said top plate and being rotatably fastened thereto; a fin extending upwardly from the top of said disk; and, a plurality of arms extending downwardly from the bottom of said disk with one of said arms being provided for each said pair of movable wedges, whereby said arms, by rotation of said disk, selectively drive one wedge from each said pair of movable wedges from engagement with said housing to permit ratcheting of said wrench.