US 12,011,820 B2
Power tool and tool bit holding system
Darren Moss, York, PA (US); and Aland Santamarina, Woodbine, MD (US)
Assigned to BLACK & DECKER INC., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/163,956.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,822, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237253 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. B25F 5/02 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 5/029 (2013.01) [B25B 21/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool bit holding system for a power tool comprising:
a snap-on bit holder including a curved plate contoured similar to a contour of a top surface of a power tool housing and configured to removably rest on the top of the power tool housing; a plurality of legs extending from lateral ends of the curved plate, each leg including a hook portion configured to be removably received in recesses in lateral sides of the power tool housing to removably retain the curved plate on the top surface of the power tool housing; and a bit holding portion including at least one of a magnetic plate, a box, and one or more bit receiving slots coupled to a top face of the curved plate,
wherein the at least one of the magnetic plate, the box, and the one or more bit receiving slots is configured to removably retain at least one of a tool bit, a fastener, and a supplemental tool bit holder, and
a secondary bit holder including a bar with a plurality of bit receiving openings configured to be removably coupled to one side of a base of a handle that extends from the power tool housing by a threaded fastener that is otherwise used to couple a belt clip to the base when the bar is not coupled to the base.
 
9. A tool bit holding system for a power tool comprising:
a first bit holder including a curved plate contoured similar to a contour of a top surface of a power tool housing and configured to removably rest on the top of the power tool housing; a plurality of legs extending from lateral ends of the curved plate, each leg including a hook portion configured to be removably received in recesses in lateral sides of the power tool housing to removably retain the curved plate on the top surface of the power tool housing; and a bit holding portion coupled to the curved plate; and
a second bit holder including a bar with a plurality of bit receiving openings configured to be removably coupled to one side of a base of a handle that extends from the power tool housing by a threaded fastener that is otherwise used to couple a belt clip to the base when the bar is not coupled to the base.
 
16. A tool bit holding system comprising:
a power tool including a housing defining an axis and a handle that extends from the housing to a base;
a first bit holder including a curved plate contoured similar to a contour of a top surface of the housing and configured to removably rest on the top of the housing; a plurality of legs extending from lateral ends of the curved plate, each leg including a hook portion configured to be removably received in recesses in lateral sides of the power tool housing to removably retain the curved plate on the top surface of the power tool housing; and a bit holding portion including a magnetic plate and a bit receiving slot coupled to a top face of the curved plate, the magnetic plate and the bit receiving slot configured to removably retain at least one of a tool bit, a fastener, and a supplemental tool bit holder; and
a second bit holder including a bar with a plurality of bit receiving openings configured to be removably coupled to one side of a base of a handle that extends from the power tool housing, the bar being couplable to the base by a threaded fastener received through a hole in the bar and into a threaded bore in the base, wherein the threaded fastener and threaded bore are configured to alternatively couple a belt clip to the base in place of the bar.