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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2000
Joseph A. Sorensen, Bozeman, MT (US);
Charles Poremba, Bozeman, MT (US);
WMH Tool Group, Inc., Palatine, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a ratchet wrench having a drive head and a handle, the latter defining an elongate body. The body of the wrench is formed with a series of through cavities which are sized in steps for releasibly holding a series of correspondingly sized sockets. The sockets are retained in place frictionally by means of elastomeric inserts carried by and positioned to project inwardly of exposed annular side walls which define the cavities. Conveniently, the stored sockets may be forcibly expelled from the cavities in either of two opposed axial directions. For ready visual identification, markings are provided on the body of the wrench indicating the specific size of each socket-receiving cavity. The described features of the ratchet wrench also enable one quickly to verify the socket size, and allow socket placement over a fastener without requiring that the socket itself be first removed from the tool handle.