Patent ID: 6712225
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B25H

Abstract:
A socket holder apparatus for removably holding a socket with a socket base, the socket holder apparatus comprising:a base; a pin extending form the base, the pin connected to the base at a proximal end and having both an increased curvature section and a reduced curvature section; a ball positioned against the pin; a shell rotatably mounted on the pin and adapted to rotate between a holding position and a release position, the shell defining a ball slot adapted to allow the ball to controllably rotate in relation to the pin between the reduced curvature section when the shell is in the release position and the increased curvature section when the shell is in the holding position; wherein the pin, ball, and shell are adapted to extend into the socket base such that the ball contacts the socket base to hold the socket on the apparatus; and a spring connected between the shell and the pin and adapted to bias the rotation of the shell to the holding position.