Patent ID: 8869657

Claim:
A driver tool comprising: at least one bit comprising: a bit head having an engaging feature for turning a fastener and having a non-round cross-section; a rod extending from the head opposite to the engaging feature; and an enlarged end of the rod opposite the head and having a greater cross-section than the rod; a handle configured for gripping by a user, the handle including: a handle surface; bit pockets reaching into the handle surface for receiving the at least one bit; handle passages running inside the handle and having a cross-section allowing passage of the enlarged end of the rod; and handle slots reaching out from the handle passages to the handle surface and having a width greater than the diameter of the rod and smaller than the cross-section of the enlarged end of the rod; a shaft extending from an end of the handle, the shaft comprising: a shaft recess in a bit end of the shaft opposite the handle, the recess configured to receive the bit head and shaped to prevent rotation of the bit with respect to the shaft; a longitudinal shaft passage through the shaft having a shaft passage cross-section allowing passage of the enlarged end of the rod; and a shaft slot through one side of the shaft reaching to the shaft passage and having a width greater than the diameter of the rod and smaller than the cross-section of the enlarged end of the rod, wherein the handle passages connect to the shaft passage and the handle slots connect to the shaft slot to provide passage of the bit rod along the slots and the enlarged end of the bit along the passages allowing the bit to be moved from a stored position in the bit pocket to a use position in the shaft recess.