Patent ID: 6318218
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B25F,B25G

Abstract:
A hand tool comprising:handle means having elongated sides and oppositely disposed ends,a tool bit member having a body portion having opposite disposed ends and being formed with a tool bit at each end, and means for removably holding said tool bit member in said handle means, means for pivotally connecting said means for removably holding said tool bit member to said handle means for pivoting from a first position disposed in a plane between said sides, each said side having a first edge and an oppositely disposed second edge, and said means for removably holding said tool bit member being disposed between said sides adjacent the first and second edges and between said handle means ends in said first position, said means for removably holding the tool bits being disposed closer to said first edges than said second edges in said first position, said means for pivotally connecting being disposed at one end of the handle means, and said handle means being formed with a non-circular hole adjacent one end of the handle means, said non-circular hole being spacedly disposed from said means for pivotally connecting said means for removably holding the tool bits, said handle means comprises an elongated longitudinal axis and said non-circular hole comprises a rotational axis and wherein the axes are fixedly angularly disposed, each said tool bit member body portion being formed with a non-circular cross-section to be operably non-rotatably received in said non-circular hole,whereby with said tool bit member disposed in said non-circular hole, the tool bit is angularly disposed with respect to the handle means longitudinal axis, and the user grasps the handle means for tool bit use.