Patent ID: 8181780

Claim:
A socket holder holding at least one sockets comprising: at least one socket having a shaft with at least one socket groove extending about at least a portion of the shaft radially beyond the shaft; a plurality of posts extending from a base, each of said posts for connecting to respective sockets and having a round cross-section and at least one arm outwardly extending from the base and a radially disposed bead cantileveredly connected thereto, said bead contacting the shaft of a first socket of the at least one socket when placed thereon and then resiliently extending into the socket groove radially beyond the shaft with the bead extending into and cooperating with the socket groove, when in an installed configuration, with said post and bead allowing the first socket to rotate radially around said post with the bead retained in the socket groove regardless of the angular position of the socket relative to the post while resisting inadvertent removal of the first socket from the post and retaining the socket to the base when in the installed configuration, and said bead directed directly radially inwardly to the shaft out of the socket groove upon application of a sufficient force on the socket relatively away from the base thereby releasing the socket from the post, said post further comprising at least one slot vertically extending upwardly from the base.