ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,653, issued on July 29, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).
"Dual pawl ratchet mechanism" was invented by David T. Ross (Kenosha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ratchet mechanism of a ratchet wrench having a pawl carrier and first and second pawls. The pawl carrier includes a groove and is rotatable to cause selection of one of first and second drive directions. The first and second pawls are adapted to selectively engage with a toothed portion of a ratchet gear for selecting one of the first and second drive directions. Each of the first and second pawls includes a projection adapted to engage the groove when the pa...