HAMMER WITH LEVERAGE NO. II

摘要

A hand tool includes an elongated plunger assembly and a locking assembly. The locking assembly has a catch assembly with a release actuator. The release actuator is movable in a direction generally not aligned with the tool head plane of motion. The locking assembly catch member engages the plunger assembly body and maintains the plunger assembly body in a selected position. Furthe the plunger assembly is in a socket within the tool head and biased toward an extended position by a spring. The release actuator is, preferably, disposed on the neck of the hand tool just above the user's thumb. When the plunger assembly body is disposed within th tool head and a user desires to extend the plunger assembly, the user actuates the release actuator thereby removing the engagem ofthe catch member and allowing the socket spring to move the plunger assembly body to the extended position.