Patent ID: 7131358

Claim:
A quick release bit socket assembly comprising: a socket having a first recess defined in a first end thereof, a second recess defined in a second end of the socket and a passage being in communication between the first and second recesses; a push rod including a head and a shank connected to the head, a spring mounted to the shank which extends through the first recess, the passage and is inserted in the second recess, the spring biased between the head and a inside of the first recess; a positioning device being a U-shaped strip which includes two legs and a connection portion through connected between the two legs, a hole defined through the connection portion and the shank of the push rod movably extending through the hole in the connection portion, a C-shaped clip engaged with a groove defined in an outer surface of a distal end of the shank, the C-shaped clip being clamped between the connection portion of the U-shaped strip and the distal end of the shank, the two legs each having an inward portion, and a screw bit removably inserted in the second recess and being clamped by the inward portions of the two legs of the positioning device in the second recess, the screw bit being pushed out from the second recess when the push rod is pushed toward the screw bit.