Combined screwdriver and file

A combination screwdriver and file including a handle, with the screwdriver and file being in various combinations such as a slot screwdriver with the shank being a round file or a phillips screwdriver with the shank being a three-cornered file. In a second embodiment the handle supports other releaseably held bits in a cavity which may be magnetic.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates to combination tools and more particularly to a 
combination of an elongated file with a screwdriver at its tip. 
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
In the past a number of combination tools including a screwdriver have been 
proposed such as the combination of a drill and screwdriver of U.S. Pat. 
No. 4,092,753 or the combination drill and screwdriver of U.S. Pat. No. 
4,320,544 or the combined screwdriver and socket wrench of U.S. Pat. No. 
3,452,373, however, to the knowledge of the inventors the disclosure of a 
combination file and screwdriver has not been taught. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The work place today requires a mechanic to possess a great variety of 
tools especially screwdrivers which have a variety of tips and a variety 
of files with different shapes such as flat files, round, three-cornered, 
etc., and it becomes cumbersome to have so many tools in his inventory 
that require maintenance and storage and whenever practical it is 
advantageous to incorporate more than one function in a tool, such as the 
combination screwdriver and file of the present invention. 
It is therefore a primary object to provide a combination screwdriver and 
file. 
It is a further object to provide a screwdriver and file combination 
including a suitable handle. 
Another object is to provide the combination of a file and screwdriver in a 
variety of combinations such as a round file and a phillips screwdriver 
head or a slot screwdriver with a three-cornered file. 
Still another object is to provide in the handle a tip holder for mounting 
various fastener tips such as multiple phillips sizes and multiple 
straight slot screwdriver tips etc. 
Yet another object is to make the tip holder magnetic. 
Other objects and advantages will become obvious when taken into 
consideration with the following drawings and specifications.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
In FIG. 1, 10 is a three-cornered file with 12 being a slotted screwdriver 
tip while 14 is a handle suitably mounted on the distal end of 
three-cornered file 10, while in FIG. 2, 16 is a round file with 18 being 
a phillips screwdriver tip and 20 being a handle suitably mounted to the 
distal end of round file 16. 
FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment which includes a handle 22, and a hex 
shaped cavity 24, to accept multiple tips depicted by typical tip 26. 
It will now be seen that we have provide a combination tool which in one 
tool combines a file and a screwdriver in various arrangements thus 
eliminating the need to carry various screwdrivers and files. 
We have also provided a handle which serves as a handle or griping surface 
for both the screwdriver and the file. 
It will also be noted that in a second embodiment we have provided in the 
handle a hex shaped cavity to accept various tips such as slotted or 
phillips screwdriver tips. 
It is also to be understood that the cavity may be made magnetic to 
releasably hold and capture the various tips. 
Although the invention has been shown and described in what is conceived to 
be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that 
departures may be make therefrom within the scope and spirit of the 
invention, which is not to be limited to the details disclosed herein but 
is to be accorded the full scope of the claims so as to embrace any and 
all equivalent devices and apparatus.