Patent ID: 7497148

Claim:
A swiveling driver, comprising: a handle portion defining a longitudinal axis; a pair of arms extending upwardly from an upper end of said handle portion, said arms having respective free ends and said free ends establishing an imaginary centerline axis therebetween that is generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said handle portion; a head portion operatively coupled to said free ends of said arms for selective pivotal movement about said centerline axis such that said head portion is rotatable 360 degrees relative to said centerline axis; wherein said head portion includes: a substantially planar face surface and a pair of rounded outer surfaces that are spaced apart and parallel one to the other and that extend away from said face surface and that define a plurality of spaced apart detents; ratcheting implement extending from said face surface opposite said rounded outer surfaces; a ratchet selection button positioned adjacent said rounded outer surfaces; a yoke extending from said handle portion, said yoke having a pair of protrusions complementary to said detents for selectively maintaining said head portion in a fixed position relative to said handle portion; wherein each said protrusion is positioned immediately adjacent a respective arm and a respective rounded outer surface such that each protrusion does not extend substantially laterally from a respective arm; wherein said yoke is movable between a release configuration in which said protrusions are not receivable in respective detents and a lock configuration in which said protrusions are receivable in said respective detents; and wherein a spring biases said yoke toward said lock configuration.