Hand tool assembly

• US 5,566,596 A
• Filed: 09/26/1995
• Issued: 10/22/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ching-Chou Lin
• Original Assignee: Ching-Chou Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Ching-Chou
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, James G.
• Application Number:
  US08/533,786
• Time in Patent Office: 392 Days
• Field of Search: 81/177.4, 81/490
• US Class Current: 81/490
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/085 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/105 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners B25G1/102, B25G1/125 take precedence

Abstract

A hand tool assembly which includes a casing having a coupling portion at one end and a receptacle portion at an opposite end, a shank having a coupling rod at one end for fastening to the coupling portion of the casing and a socket at an opposite end for holding a tool bit for turning screws, and a cover detachably covered on the receptacle portion of the casing, the cover having two plug boards for fastening to the receptacle portion of the casing, and a plurality of tubular upright bit holders for keeping tool bits, the tubular upright bit holders defining a space for holding the socket of the shank for permitting the shank to be received inside the receptacle portion when the hand tool assembly is not in use.

Claims

1. A hand tool assembly comprising:

a casing, said casing comprising a coupling portion at one end, a receptacle portion at an opposite end, said coupling portion comprising a polygonal center through hole longitudinally disposed at the center, said receptacle portion comprising a receiving space in communication with the polygonal center through hole of said coupling portion, and an orifice at one end of said receiving space remote from said coupling portion;

a shank having one end terminating in a polygonal coupling rod for fitting into the polygonal center through hole of the coupling portion of said casing, and an opposite end terminating in a polygonal socket for holding a polygonal tool bit for turning screws; and

a cover detachably covered on the orifice of the receptacle portion of said casing, said cover comprising a recessed portion on the inside, two upright plug boards raised from said recessed portion at two opposite sides and respectively inserted into the orifice of said receptacle portion and stopped against the periphery wall of said receiving space to hold said cover in place, and a plurality of tubular upright bit holders disposed inside said recessed portion for holding a respective tool bit, said tubular upright bit recessed holders defining a space within said recessed portion for holding the polygonal socket of said shank for permitting said shank to be received inside said casing, each tubular upright bit holder comprised of two symmetrical halves spaced by longitudinal splits for holding one tool bit, one half of each tubular upright bit having a tooth on the outside for engagement with an inside wall of the receptacle portion of said casing.

2. The hand tool assembly of claim 1 wherein the receptacle portion of said casing has two opposite sloping edges on the outside adjacent to said orifice for the holding of the hand for permitting said cover to be pulled away from said casing.

3. The hand tool assembly of claim 1 wherein the coupling portion of said casing comprises a radial side hole perpendicularly connected to said polygonal center through hole, an inside projecting strip suspending in said radial side hole adjacent to said polygonal center through hole, and a raised portion raised from said inside projecting strip and projecting into said polygonal center through hole for engaging the polygonal coupling rod of said shank upon the insertion of the polygonal rod of said shank into the polygonal center through hole of said coupling portion.

4. The hand tool assembly of claim 1 wherein each tubular upright bit holder is comprised of two symmetrical halves spaced by two longitudinal splits for holding one tool bit.

5. The hand tool assembly of claim 2 wherein the receptacle portion of said casing has an inside annular groove for engagement with the tooth of each tubular upright bit holder.