Machinery industry changes with each passing day, asking for the more and more importance of the machinery industry performance. The innovative design needs to be used to tools designing for improving the work more efficiency. Take the wrench product designing as an example, this article analyzes the issue of the mechanical products innovation, applies the theories of innovation to a manual wrench innovative design and puts forward the thought of the wrench innovative design scheme, principles and the design process. In the end, the design scheme is evaluated, which indicates that the innovative design approach can be applied to a manual wrench design