Abstract: A cap wrench is provided to enable a user to more easily and safely remove bottle caps from a bottle. The cap wrench includes a handle and a recess that engages the capped end of a bottle. When the capped end of a bottle is inserted into the recess, the cap wrench is capable of opening the bottle by either pulling up or pushing down on the handle. A fulcrum locus also is provided inside the recess to further ease the removal of the cap from a bottle by providing a pivot point about which the cap wrench may be turned. Additionally, a prying ridge is also provided inside the recess, whereby opening forces are applied to the bottle cap.

Abstract: An oil drain plug wrench is provided to enable a user to more easily remove and install an oil drain plug. The wrench includes a rotor with two cavities on opposite sides of a rotor. When either of the cavities engages a workpiece, the wrench is capable of applying torque to the workpiece in a first rotational direction and ratcheting in a second rotational direction. A flange is provided on the outer diameter of the rotor to allow a user to remove or install an oil drain plug by hand.

Abstract: An open end wrench for use with a fastener having a polygonal gripping portion has an elongated body, a first jaw having a first bite surface and a second jaw having a second bite surface. The jaws form a throat therebetween having a closed end and an open end. The bite surfaces are disposed with engaging surfaces so that majority components of force vectors applied normal to the first and second bite surfaces are directed parallel to the wrench handle axis.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench having three openings in the head. A gear, a pawl and a reversing lever are disposed respectively in the openings. The pawl is connected by at least one spring to the reversing lever. The reversing lever is detented and rotatably movable between two predetermined positions. Movement of the reversing lever moves the pawl through engagement of the spring to a first or a second position in the head. The pawl pivots within the second opening to drive or ratchet the wrench.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wrench having a handle integral with a ratchet head. The ratchet head defines a chamber having a generally circular sidewall. An annular rotor having radial teeth about an outer surface thereof is located in the chamber. The rotor teeth engage a set of teeth extending radially inward from the sidewall of the chamber. A biasing element, such as a leaf spring, is provided to urge the rotor teeth into engagement with the sidewall teeth. Preferably, the sidewall teeth will be configured having progressively increasing heights in the direction in which the rotor turns during ratcheting.