Patent ID: 7250023
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: B25B,B25F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool for receipt in a drill chuck, said tool comprising an elongate drive shaft having an implement receiving socket at one end thereof and a drive end for engaging a drill chuck at an opposite end, said tool further including an implement receiving collar about an intermediate portion of said drive shaft which allows rotation of said drive shaft without rotation of said implement receiving collar, said implement receiving collar having at least 3 implement carriers with each carrier at least pivotally mounted to said collar about a pivot axis offset and perpendicular to said elongate drive shaft for movement between a storage position to an in use position which aligns an implement received in said implement carrier with said implement receiving socket of said drive shaft for receipt therein, each implement receiving carrier in said storage position locating an implement received therein to one side of said drive shaft and each implement receiving carrier in said in use position allowing rotation of an implement received therein and in engagement with said drive shaft socket to rotate with said drive shaft without rotation of said implement receiving carrier, said tool further including a spring biased latch associated with said implement receiving socket for releasably retaining an implement in said drive socket; said spring biased latch including a coil spring having a segment thereof displaceable into and out of said implement receiving socket to form a releasable latch with a retaining groove of an implement received in a drive position within said drive socket; and wherein said spring biased latch is a two position latch, said two position latch having a first position retaining an implement received in said drive socket in a drive position and a second position where an implement is held in said drive socket in a manner to allow hand withdrawal of said implement from said drive socket.