Patent ID: 6626247
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
A post driver comprising:a body portion; a head portion provided at an end of said body portion, said head portion having a passageway therethrough, said head portion has a pair of portions extending from said head portion on opposite sides of said passageway, each said portion defining a slot, said head portion has an aperture therethrough; a plurality of adaptors, each of which can be selectively attached to and released from said head portion, each of said plurality of adaptors having a passageway therethrough into which a post can be inserted, each said adaptor has an aperture therethrough, each said adaptor configured to be inserted into said slots, whereby insertion of said adaptor into said slots assists in aligning said apertures of said head portion and each said adaptor, each of said plurality of adaptors having a different cross-section along at least a portion of the respective passageway; and a hand-manipulated fastener for allowing one of said plurality of adaptors to be attached thereto and released therefrom, and thereafter replaced by another one of said plurality of adaptors, said hand-manipulated fastener being a spring-loaded pin capable of extending through said apertures of said head portion and each said adaptor when said apertures are aligned to releasably connect each said adaptor to said head portion.