Patent ID: 7069826

Claim:
A screwdriver attachment for retaining a screw to a screwdriver, the screwdriver having a handle, a shaft and a tip, comprising: a grasper mounted generally co-axially around the shaft of said screwdriver, said grasper having an upper guide ferrule circumscribing said shaft and a lower guide ferrule circumscribing said shaft, said ferrules being connected by a pair of opposing guide ferrule supports, said grasper also comprising a plurality of fingers mounted to and extending away from the lower guide ferrule in the direction opposite the upper guide ferrule; a collar with set screw, mounted around said shaft and adjacent said upper guide ferrule, said set screw being tightened against the shaft so as to retain said collar on said shaft; and a compression spring retained within said grasper and mounted between said collar and said lower guide ferrule, said spring being generally coaxial with said shaft and capable of urging said upper guide ferrule against said collar.