Patent ID: 8245602

Claim:
A ratchet wrench comprising: a wrench head including a chamber formed therein, and including a notch formed therein and spaced from said chamber of said wrench head and having an opening communicative with said notch of said wrench head, and including a pawl compartment formed therein and located between and communicative with said notch and said chamber of said wrench head and having a first side and a second side, a drive member mounted in said chamber of said wrench head for rotation relative to said wrench head, and including a ratchet gear provided on an outer peripheral portion thereof, a pawl slidably received in said pawl compartment of said wrench head and movable between either said first side or said second side of said pawl compartment of said wrench head for selectively engaging with said ratchet gear of said drive member, and said pawl being engageable between said drive member and either said first side or said second side of said pawl compartment of said wrench head for determining and controlling a driving direction of said drive member by said wrench head, a handle including a pivotal coupling member pivotally mounted in said notch of said wrench head, a cover attached to said wrench head with a retaining ring for retaining said pivotal coupling member of said handle to said wrench head, and an actuating member attached to said pivotal coupling member of said handle and engaged with said pawl for forcing and moving said pawl to either said first side or said second side of said pawl compartment of said wrench head in order to determine and control the driving direction of said drive member by said wrench head.