Patent ID: 6711974
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B25B,Y10S

Abstract:
A positioning device for holding hock screws which includes a hook portion and a threaded shank portion, the positioning device comprising:a tubular body having a passage defined longitudinally therethrough and a first slot defined through an annular wall of the body and communicating with a first open end of the body, a second slot defined through said annular wall of the body and having two closed ends, a magnet embedded in the wall of the body and located close to the first open end, a ring received in a second open end of the body; a holding assembly comprising a first piece movably mounted to the body and a second piece fixedly mounted to the body, a spring mounted to the body and biased between the first piece and the second piece, and a rod movably inserted into the passage via the second open end of the body and extending through the ring, a magnet connected to a distal end of the rod and located in the body.