Swivel connector assembly

A swivel connector assembly for providing a swiveling and rotating attachment point to either a hand tool or a tool holder for a hand tool, the connector assembly comprising:

• a pin member having a pin head, and a pin shaft extending longitudinally from a shaft proximal end to a pin tip at a shaft distal end wherein the shaft proximal end is connected to the pin head and wherein the pin shaft has a shaft diameter smaller than the pin head;
• a connector having a connector body portion having a first body end and a second body end, a first arm connected to the first body end and having a free first arm end, and a second arm connected to the second body end and having a free second arm end wherein the first arm end and the second arm end extend toward each other forming a gap between the first arm end and the second arm end, and wherein the connector body portion, the first arm and the second arm define a partially-closed loop with the gap between the first arm end and the second arm end;
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• a collar member having an annular body with a top surface, a bottom surface, a circumferential portion between the top surface and the bottom surface, the annular body defining
• (1) a central aperture extending axially through the annular body between the top surface and the bottom surface, the central aperture sized to rotatably receive the pin shaft and permit free rotation of the collar member about the pin shaft,
• (2) a first radial aperture extending transversely through the circumferential portion into the annular body towards the central aperture, and
• (3) a second radial aperture extending transversely through the circumferential portion into the annular body towards the central aperture, the second radial aperture being coaxially aligned with the first radial aperture, wherein the first arm and the second arm of the connector are disposed within the first radial aperture and the second radial aperture, respectively, whereby the first radial aperture and the second radial aperture permit rotation of the connector about the first arm and the second arm, and
• a disc member with a central disc aperture disposed between the collar member and the pin head with the pin shaft extending through the central disc aperture;
• wherein the pin member extends through the central aperture of the collar member to connect the hand tool or the tool holder for the hand tool to the connector assembly and to thereby retain the connector in coupling engagement to the collar member while permitting free rotation of the collar member about the pin member.