Patent ID: 8006391
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: B26B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of releasably locking a shank of an implement into a receiver, comprising the step of providing a locking mechanism having the shank having a pass-thru aperture allowing passage of a circumference of a magnetized ball therethrough when the shank is received within the receiver, said receiver comprising a cooperating pair of parallel walls defining a channel receiving the shank, said walls including a pass-thru wall defining a pass-thru portal allowing passage of the circumference of said ball therethrough, and a ball-stop wall defining a smaller ball-stop eyelet aligned concentrically with said portal and the aperture, said eyelet having a periphery sized for seating said ball, said mechanism further comprising said ball seating against said eyelet so that the channel equator of said ball is positioned on the side of the shank nearer the ball-stop wall, said mechanism further comprising a means of biasing said ball toward said seating, said method of use further comprising the step of urging the ball into the pass-thru portal and pass-thru aperture, seating it against the ball-stop eyelet, said seating including magnetic attraction.