Screwdriver handle

• US 5,918,513 A
• Filed: 10/01/1998
• Issued: 07/06/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Howard Herman
• Original Assignee: Howard Herman
• Inventors: Ho, Howard
• Primary Examiner(s): Eley, Timothy V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Skinner, Sinclair
• Application Number:
  US09/164,994
• Time in Patent Office: 278 Days
• Field of Search: 81/490, 81/177.4
• US Class Current: 81/490
• CPC Class Codes: B25G 1/085 for screwdrivers, wrenches or spanners

Abstract

A screwdriver handle includes a main body having an end releasably engaged with a screwdriver tip. The main body includes two opposite lateral sides each having a compartment defined therein. Two pivotal covers are pivotally connected to the main body to cover the compartments, respectively. Each pivotal cover includes a holder plate formed on an inner side thereof and having a number of holes for holding screwdriver tips and a number of semi-circle recesses for holding sockets. When a push pin is pushed, two hooks of the pivotal covers are disengaged with two latches of an engaging member that is moved by the push pin such that the pivotal covers pivot outwardly under the action of two elastic members.

Claims

1. A screwdriver handle comprising a main body having a first end and a second end adapted to be releasably engaged with an end of a screwdriver tip, main body including a first pair of opposite lateral sides and a second pair of opposite lateral sides, each of the first pair of opposite lateral walls including a compartment defined therein, the main body including a wall defined in an interior thereof and separating the compartments,

two pivotal covers each having an end pivotally connected to the main body to cover an associated said compartment, each said pivotal cover including a holder plate formed on an inner side thereof and having a number of holes each of which is adapted to hold a screwdriver tip and a number of semi-circle recesses each of which is adapted to hold a socket, each said holder plate including a hook formed thereon,

two elastic members each having a first end attached to the wall of the main body and a second end attached to an associated said pivotal cover, the elastic members being compressed when the pivotal covers are in a closed status,

a first transverse receptacle and a second transverse receptacle defined in the second pair of opposite lateral sides, respectively, the first transverse receptacle includes an engaging member slidably received therein, the engaging member including a latch provided on each of two lateral sides thereof for releasably engaged with the hook of an associated said pivotal cover, the second transverse receptacle including a push pin slidably received therein, the push pin being securely connected to the engaging member to move therewith, and a spring being provided for returning the push pin and the engaging member,

whereby when the push pin is pushed, the latches of the engaging member are moved to a position not engaged with the hooks of the pivotal covers such that the pivotal covers pivot outwardly under the action of the elastic members.

2. The screwdriver handle according to claim 1, wherein the first end of the main body includes a track defined therein, and further comprises:

a housing having a base plate with a sliding member slidably received in the track, the housing including a notch defined in a periphery thereof, and

a coil ruler received in the housing and includes a stop formed on an outer end thereof, the stop having a size greater than that of the notch of the housing.