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Multi-purpose folding tool

US5791002A · kind A · utility

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43Claims
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Filing dateOct 7, 1996
Grant dateAug 11, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S76/06
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multi-purpose folding tool which features inwardly tapered handles to provide external plier jaw storage, thereby leaving greater room for supplemental tool storage inside the handles, a box-beam handle construction for greater strength, downwardly opening handles to facilitate ease of use, a unique supplemental tool locking and release mechanism, and laminated plier jaws which are riveted together for even greater strength and overall integrity.

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