Screw-in swivel device

Abstract

A swivel device includes a bearing member having a work piece end, a drive end, and first screw threads at the work piece end, the bearing member having a central axis extending between the work piece end and the drive end, an inner barrel fixed to the bearing member and having a first engagement feature, and an outer barrel around the bearing member and the inner barrel and including a second engagement feature, wherein the outer barrel is slidable along the central axis of the bearing member and in a first position the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature are disengaged and in a second position the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature are engaged fixing a rotation of the outer barrel relative to the bearing member and the inner barrel.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.