Patent ID: 6729211
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A ball socket driver bit, the ball socket driver bit having a bit axis, the ball socket driver bit comprising:(a) a ball portion, the ball portion having a ball portion cross section, the ball portion cross section perpendicular to the bit axis being hexagonal, wherein the ball portion further comprises a flattened cap and a rounded ball portion body, the flattened cap having a side portion, the rounded ball portion body having a first rounded ball portion body end and a second rounded ball portion body end, the flattened cap axially attached to the first rounded ball portion body end, the side portion outwardly sloping toward the first rounded ball portion body end; (b) a shank portion, the shank portion having a cross section smaller than the ball portion, the shank portion having a first shank portion end and a second shank portion end, the second rounded ball portion body end axially attached to the first shank portion end, the second shank portion end adapted to axially enter a socket head screw, the socket head screw having a screw axis, the ball portion adapted to enter a socket having a socket axis such that when turning the socket the socket head screw can be turned when the socket axis is not axially aligned with the screw axis.