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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2002
Kailash C. Vasudeva, Waterloo, CA;
Satnam Singh, Waterloo, CA;
Kailash C. Vasudeva, Waterloo, CA;
Satnam Singh, Waterloo, CA;
Team Fair Holdings Limited, Road Town, VG;
Abstract
A tool () has a distal operative portion and a proximal shank () with a mounting portion (), for mounting the tool in a holder (). A substantial portion of the mounting portion has a cross-sectional shape with at least one and fewer than six 60-degree segments thereof having segment ends joined by a flat surface (). The holder has a distal axial aperture or mounting hole () for receiving the tool (), the aperture having a cross-sectional shape which has 60-degree segments thereof having segment ends joined by a flat surface (), but no more such flat surface segments than those corresponding to flat surface segments of the tool. The holder further has a ball-detent () mechanism or other locking mechanism for engaging the mounting portion () of the tool ().