Patent ID: 6922870

Claim:
A handle for a drive tool, said drive tool comprising a drive-tool handle having a rear end and a tapered front region, said handle comprising: a. a body sized for gripping and having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis; b. a longitudinal bore having a cross-section and extending coaxially and forming first and second openings at each end of said body; c. a transverse bore having a cross-section and extending from an opening in a side wall of said body, intersecting said longitudinal bore, and terminating in the opposite wall of the longitudinal bore; d. a sole stop member formed in said body, said stop member formed about said second opening, said stop member dimensioned to obstruct insertion of the rear end of the drive tool handle through the second opening and for non-rotational engagement of the tapered front region of the drive tool handle with the longitudinal bore, wherein a sufficient length of the cross-sectional configurations of said bores are generally complementary in cross-sectional configuration and dimension for removable, non-rotational engagement of the drive-tool handle with either the longitudinal bore through said first opening or the transverse bore through said transverse opening and wherein said drive tool handle is alternatively positionable in said handle by inserting the rear end or the tapered front region of the drive tool handle in said first opening, or by inserting the rear end of the drive tool handle in said transverse opening.