US Patent Issued to WINSIRE ENTERPRISES, CREATOR WAREHOUSE on Jan. 27 for "Screwdriver ratcheting mechanism" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,776, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to WINSIRE ENTERPRISES Corp. (Langley, Canada) and CREATOR WAREHOUSE INC. (Surrey, Canada).

"Screwdriver ratcheting mechanism" was invented by Waltherus Christianus Klomp (Delta, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screwdriver with a ratcheting mechanism permitting the direction in which driving force is applied to be selected by the operation of a selector ring (32) which is rotated in the same direction as that in which driving force is applied. Two pawls (36A, 36B) are movable between an engagement position in which the pawl engages a ratchet gear (26) to prevent rotation of the ratchet gea...