Patent ID: 7421931

Claim:
A combination comprising: a socket wrench comprising a handle including a head portion, the head portion including a drive column adapted for driving a socket, the handle including an open end; a coupling member securely engaged in the open end of the handle; and an adaptor removably engaged with one of the drive column of the head portion and the coupling member, the adaptor including a coupling portion for releasable engagement with the drive column of the head portion, the adaptor further including a drive portion having a specification different from that of the drive column, with the drive portion being adapted for engaging with another socket having a size different from that of the socket adapted to be driven by the drive column, and with the coupling member including a longitudinal hole and a first resilient tongue, with the adaptor imparting an outward expanding force to the first resilient tongue when the adaptor is received in the longitudinal hole of the coupling member, and with the adaptor being retained in the longitudinal hole of the coupling member by resiliency of the first resilient tongue.