Patent ID: 6868760

Claim:
A tool locking mechanism comprising: a housing; a plurality of elongated tools with each tool being separately movable between a retracted position confined within said housing to an extended position extending outward from said housing, each said tool having an aft end, each said aft end including a through opening, said through openings located side-by-side, each said through opening being non-circular in configuration; and a shaft mounted on said housing, said shaft extending through said through openings, said shaft having a plurality of circular sections and a plurality of non-circular sections with there being a circular section of said circular sections located between each directly adjacent pair of said non-circular sections, a said non-circular section being able to matingly connect with a said through opening locking said tool to said shaft, said shaft being lineally movable to simultaneously disconnect said non-circular sections from said tools and connect each said circular section with a single said through opening which will permit said tools to freely pivot on said shaft.