Patent ID: 6374711
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B25F,B25G

Abstract:
A hand tool comprising:a handle, said handle having a proximate end and a distal end, said handle proximate end being formed with elongated compartments; a plurality of interchangeable tool bits; further comprising a handle cap, said handle cap being removably disposed on the handle proximate end to cover the compartments, said handle compartments being sized to slidably receive said tool bits; a shank, said shank having a proximate end and a distal end, and means for connecting said shank proximate end to said handle distal end; a plurality of socket drives, said socket drives being sized to be slidably non-rotatably received on said shank in a plurality of nested arrangements so that the one of said socket drives is operably disposed at the shank distal end; and one of said tool bits is slidably non-rotatably received at the shank distal end; said handle proximate end being formed with a centrally disposed elongated compartment for slidably receiving at least one said tool bit.; said handle cap comprising a centrally disposed sleeve, said handle cap sleeve being sized to be slidably received in the handle central compartment, said handle cap sleeve being formed to slidably non-rotatably receive one of said tool bits, whereby with the handle cap removed from the handle, the handle cap with the tool bit received in the handle cap sleeve is a driver whereby the hand tool is alternatively a multiple screwdriver and a multiple socket driver.