Patent ID: 8646768

Claim:
A holder adapted to be attached to a tether to help retrieve a dropped tool or prevent a dropped tool from being lost or forgotten during use, the holder comprising: a cylindrical hollow member made of a yieldable flexible material, having an open end and a closed end adapted to receive a non-working end of a tool which is inserted into the open end of the cylindrical hollow member, wherein a wall of the cylindrical hollow member conforms to the shape of the non-working end of the tool and frictionally engages and grips the non-working end of the tool located in the cylindrical hollow member; a centrally located opening in the closed end of the cylindrical hollow member; a shoulder connector having: a lower disk shaped member; an upper disk shaped member; and a cylindrical member located between and connected to the lower and upper disk shaped members and located in the centrally located opening in the closed end of the hollow member; and attachment means coupled to the cylindrical member; wherein the attachment means is configured to be attached to an end of a tether.