Patent ID: 6606924
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool comprising:a spring retention finger having a body and a means for retaining an object; a roll pin; an inner housing having a hand grip end, said inner housing having an annular groove that securely holds said spring retention finger to said inner housing, having a longitudinal recess extending along a length of said inner housing, wherein said body of said spring retention finger retracts into said recess, having a slot that accommodates said roll pin wherein said roll pin rides in said slot, and having a cylindrical opening sized to receive said object; and an outer housing configured to slide over said inner housing and over said spring retention finger toward said hand grip end and away from said hand grip end, said roll pin attached to said outer housing and said roll pin projecting inward from said outer housing into said slot of said inner housing, whereby said spring retention finger is exposed and opened and, respectively, covered and closed, so as to release said object and retain said object.