Driver for eyebolts and hooks

A device for driving eyebolts and hooks comprising:

• a body including an elongated driver head having opposite forward and rear ends and a central axis of rotation extending through the ends;
• the body having a shank connected to the rear end of the driver head for detachably connecting the driver head to a source of rotary power;
• the driver head having a centrally located longitudinal slot of a given width therein adapted to slidably receive a nonthreaded portion of an eyebolt or hook, the slot extending across the forward end and along the central axis of rotation toward the rear end to a given depth so as to terminate in a bottom wall and define a pair of opposing side walls, the slot extending completely across the driver head so as to be open on opposite sides;
• the driver head having a threaded hole extending through one of the side walls and entering into the slot, the threaded hole having a centerline spaced forwardly a distance dSS from the bottom wall;
• a set screw of a given diameter for mating installation into the threaded hole so as to selectively protrude into the slot;
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• the distance dSS and the diameter of the set screw being such that the set screw engages a rod of an eyebolt or hook placed in the slot with a positive, non-yielding clamping force.