Driver system and method
OwnerJohn Martin Petriccione IIinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a driver system and method for engaging an article. During operational use of the driver system the user starts with the alignment of a bit and a cavity of the article, the bit is rotated to move a wedge into an internal wedge slot within the cavity of the article. This engagement of the wedge and the internal wedge slot locks the lateral movement of the bit relative to the article, therein allowing for the bit to stay engaged within the article during rotational or torsional force induced upon the article by the user of the bit.
Claims12
A driver system, for secured fastening of an article, the driver system comprising:
- a cavity protruding into the article;
- at least one locking slot positioned within the cavity,
- at least one internal wedge slot within the at least one locking slot,
- a bit having a proximal end and a distal end;
- at least one locking protrusion adjoined to the distal end of the bit and shaped to substantially match a shape of the at least one locking slot;
- at least one wedge adjoined to the at least one locking protrusion;
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- wherein a first mode of operation the bit inserted the cavity and rotated to lock the at least one wedge into the at least one internal wedge slot.
A method of adjoining an article to a bit comprising:
- aligning a locking protrusion of the bit to a locking slot of a cavity of the article;
- inserting the bit within the cavity of the article;
- rotating the locking protrusion within the locking slot;
- driving the article clockwise or counterclockwise;
- re-aligning the locking protrusion and the locking slot;
- and
- removing the bit from the cavity of the article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.