Patent ID: 8250949
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B25B,B25G

Abstract:
1. A tool assembly comprising, in combination: a body including first and second ends spaced along a longitudinal axis of the body, with the first end of the body including a sleeve portion having a receptacle with an opening in an end face of the first end, with the receptacle having non-circular cross sections perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body, with the receptacle further including an inner periphery having an annular first retaining groove adjacent the opening of the receptacle; an adapter including first and second ends spaced along a longitudinal axis of the adapter, with a shoulder formed on the first end of the adapter and having an outer periphery, with the first end of the adapter further including a head and a neck, with the neck interconnecting and intermediate the head and the shoulder along the longitudinal axis of the adapter, with the head having non-circular cross sections perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the adapter, with the head engaged with the inner periphery of the receptacle to allow joint rotation of the adapter and the body, with the head slideably received in the receptacle of the sleeve portion along the longitudinal axis of the body between first and second positions; and a first C-clip received in the first retaining groove of the sleeve portion, with the first C-clip preventing the head from disengaging from the receptacle, wherein when the head is in the first position, the shoulder is received in the receptacle of the sleeve portion, the first C-clip distends and clamps the outer periphery of the shoulder to keep the longitudinal axis of the adapter to be coaxial to the longitudinal axis of the body, and wherein when the head is in the second position, the shoulder is outside of the receptacle of the sleeve portion, the first C-clip abuts an outer periphery of the head, the head is rotatable relative to the longitudinal axis of the body to a position such that the longitudinal axis of the adapter is at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the body.