Patent ID: 7896158

Claim:
A tool bit holder for releasably supporting a plurality of tool bits in a supported position and wherein each tool bit has an elongated bit body extending from a working end to a tool end wherein the tool end of the tool bit is shaped to receive a tool and the working end is shaped to engage a fastener each tool bit has an elongated side wall extending between the working and tool ends, said tool bit holder comprising a frame including a plurality of spaced bit receiving nests, each of said nests having a bit opening shaped to receive one associated tool bit, each of said nests further including a flexible member movable relative to said bit opening and movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, each of said nests designed to engage the elongated wall of one tool bit when a tool bit is position in said nest, said flexible member designed to inhibit or prevent relative movement between said nest and the tool bit when said flexible member is in said engaged position, said flexible member designed to allow relative movement between said nest and the tool bit when said flexible member is in said disengaged position, said flexible member including an inwardly facing surface, said inwardly facing surface designed to move toward the elongated wall of the tool bit when the tool bit is position in said nest and when said flexible member is moved from said disengaged position to said engaged position, said movement of said inwardly facing surface toward the elongated wall of the tool bit is designed to increase frictional engagement of said nest with the elongated wall of the tool bit to thereby inhibit or prevent removal of the tool bit from said nest when said flexible member is moved to said engaged position.