Sleeve-type screw holder and driver
OwnerRonnie K. Allen, Danny W. Beasleyinventors
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Abstract
A sleeve-type screw holder and driver is shown wherein there is provided an elongated sleeve having a seat formed therein for receiving the head of a screw. In addition, the device includes a screw stabilizer that engages the shaft portion of the screw and stabilizes the entire screw within the elongated sleeve. In order to anchor or set the screw within a securing member, the sleeve is turned until the screw held within the sleeve is properly anchored. Thereafter, the sleeve, including the screw stabilizer, is pulled from the anchored screw.
Claims18
A device for holding, retaining and driving a screw having a head and a shaft portion, comprising:
- a) an elongated sleeve having an open end;
- b) a seat formed in the sleeve and spaced from the open end for receiving the head of a screw, the seat including an engaging structure for receiving the head of the screw and turning the screw as the sleeve is turned;
- c) a slot formed in the sleeve adjacent the open end thereof for permitting a screw attachment to extend therethrough;
- d) a screw stabilizer formed to fit in the open end of the sleeve and including an expandable slot formed therein for extending around a portion of the screw spaced from the head of the screw so as to stabilize the screw within the sleeve while the head of the screw is retained within the seat;
- e) a flexible line interconnecting the screw stabilizer with the sleeve so as to maintain the screw stabilizer in relatively close proximity to the sleeve;
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- f) wherein the stabilizer is sized to frictionally fit in the open end of the sleeve and wherein the slot formed within the screw stabilizer is expandable such that a retained screw can be pulled from the stabilizer and through the slot formed therein in response to the sleeve being pulled away from the screw once the screw has been anchored into a supporting member.
A screw holder for holding a screw of the type having a screw head and a shaft while the screw is screwed into a member and wherein the screw holder is separable from the screw after the screw has been screwed into the member, the screw holder comprising:
- a screw holder sleeve;
- a seat fixed in the sleeve for receiving the screw head of the screw and for turning the screw in response to the sleeve being turned;
- a screw stabilizer for engaging a portion of the screw spaced from the screw head and stabilizing same while the sleeve is turned and the screw is screwed into the member;
- wherein the screw stabilizer assumes a position within the sleeve spaced from the seat while the sleeve is being turned and the screw is being screwed into the member;
- and wherein the screw stabilizer includes an expandable opening for receiving the screw shaft and wherein the expandable opening permits the screws stabilizer to be pulled and separated from the screw once the screw has been securely anchored.
A screw holder and drive for driving a screw into a member, comprising:
- a) an elongated sleeve having an open end for receiving, holding and turning a screw having a screw head and a threaded shaft;
- b) a seat fixed in the elongated sleeve;
- c) the seat including a screw turner for engaging and turning the screw in response to a sleeve being turned;
- d) a movable stabilizer for engaging and holding a portion of the screw spaced from the screw head while the sleeve is turned and the screw is being screwed into the member;
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- e) wherein the screw stabilizer assumes a position within the sleeve spaced from the seat while the sleeve is being turned and the screw is being anchored into a member but wherein the screw stabilizer is removable from within the sleeve in response to the sleeve being pulled from the screw after the screw has been anchored into the member, as the screw itself engages the stabilizer and pulls the stabilizer from within the sleeve as the sleeve is pulled away from the anchored screw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.