Patent ID: 8141460

Claim:
A ratcheting wrench comprising: a pair of ratchet structures, each ratchet structure having an annular body; a pair of ratchet bodies, each ratchet body received in the annular body of an associated one of the ratchet structures and defining a socket wheel aperture; a pair of ratchet mechanisms, each ratchet mechanism coupling an associated one of the ratchet structures to an associated one of the ratchet bodies and having a set of ratchet teeth, at least one pawl and a pawl spring, the pawl spring being configured to bias the at least one pawl in a direction such that a set of first pawl teeth on the pawl engage the ratchet teeth, the at least one pawl being configured to operate in a first mode in which rotation of the associated one of the ratchet bodies relative to the associated one of the ratchet structures in a first rotational direction about a second axis is permitted and rotation of the associated one of the ratchet bodies relative to the associated one of the ratchet structures in a second rotational direction about the second axis is inhibited, the second rotational direction being opposite the first rotational direction and wherein the first and second axes intersect but are not coincident; a pair of socket wheels, each socket wheel being received in an associated one of the socket wheel apertures and being coupled to an associated one of the ratchet bodies, each of the socket wheels having a plurality of tool members that are spaced circumferentially apart from one another about a rotary axis; and a handle disposed between and coupling the ratchet structures to one another, the ratchet structures being offset from the handle such that when the ratcheting wrench is viewed from a left or right side, the ratchet structures are generally parallel to but offset from one another such that the handle is skewed to both of the ratchet structures.