Patent ID: 8915680

Claim:
A hand-held tool protection device comprising: a handle sized and configured to be grasped by an operator; a neck portion extending outwardly from the handle in a direction of an elongated axis of the handle; a swivel assembly connected to the neck portion, the swivel assembly comprising: a body having a top, a bottom and a sidewall extending between the top and the bottom, the body being connected to the neck portion at the sidewall of the body at a location between the top and the bottom; an opening extending through the body and intersecting the top and the bottom of the body; a pivotable rod member slidably and pivotably received in the opening extending through the body to provide a pivot axis; and a tool element holding assembly that is connected to the pivotable rod member such that the tool element holding assembly pivots therewith about the pivot axis, the tool element holding assembly comprising a support assembly configured for receiving a tool such that the tool may be rotated about a tool rotation axis.