Patent ID: 8596725

Claim:
A tool pick assembly, comprising: a tool pick including a head portion and a shank portion projecting rearwardly from the head portion; and a sleeve positioned about the shank portion, wherein the sleeve includes a hollow cylindrical body having a first end, a second end and an axially continuous surface therebetween formed by a first surface portion joined to a second surface portion by a stepped portion, a first axially extending slit in the continuous surface extending from the first end to the second end, and a tool pick retaining feature, wherein the first surface portion of the sleeve has a larger diameter than the second surface portion of the sleeve and the stepped portion of the sleeve has an axially varying diameter, wherein the tool pick retaining feature projects radially inward from the second surface portion into a circumferential channel in the shank portion, wherein the shank portion has a first surface portion and a second surface portion, a diameter of the first surface portion being larger than a diameter of the second surface portion, and a stepped portion with an axially varying diameter, and wherein the first surface portion of the sleeve extends an entire axially distance of the first surface portion of the shank portion and the second surface portion of the sleeve extends at least a portion of the axial distance of the second surface portion of the shank portion.