Patent ID: 7510296

Claim:
A screwdriver with a handle and a rigid shaft with a screw-engaging end, said shaft extending from said handle and having a bore, said bore having a substantially uniform diameter and extending through said shaft from said handle to said screw-engaging end, a LED situated in said bore, proximate said screw-engaging end of said shaft, said handle having a recess, a battery having first and second opposite poles situated within said recess, and switch means, actuatable in response to the depression of a pushbutton accessible from the exterior of the said handle, for electrically connecting said LED and said battery to energize said LED to illuminate the area proximate said screw-engaging end of said shaft, said switch means comprising a circuit board mounted in said handle recess by a â€œUâ€ shaped support and having first and second inputs connected to said opposite poles of said battery, respectively, and first and second outputs connected to said LED, at least one of said outlets being connected to said LED by a wire extending within said bore.