Compact multiple function tool

US6273582A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Swiss Army Brands, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John Merrick Taggart · Cromwell, US
• A. Jeffrey Turner · Madison, US
• Edward S. Richardson · Fairfield, US
• Daniel Nelsen · Central Falls, US
• Stephen Lane · Jamestown, US
• Marc Harrison · Portsmouth, US
• Daniel P. Smith · Portsmouth, US
• Michael Pereira · Smithfield, US
• Aidan Petrie · Jamestown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 1999
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2001
• Expiry date: May 12, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F21V33/0084
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A multiple function combination business travel tool combines a plurality of individual business-oriented implements in a single compact and reduced configuration for many diverse business-oriented travel needs. The tool includes a flashlight positioned along a scale, or wide side, of the tool such that a lightbulb and reflector larger than those provided along the side of prior art tools may be provided. The tool also preferably includes a clock, preferably in the form of a digital alarm clock, and a plurality of deployable implements, preferably selected with the needs of a business traveller in mind. In one embodiment, the tool includes a pair of handles having implement channels and scissor channels, the handles forming the handles of a deployable scissors whose blades are stored in the scissor channels. Deployment of the scissor blades is achieved by rotation thereof about axles by which the blades are respectively coupled to the tool handles, thereby forming scissors with the first and second tool handles functioning as handles of the scissors.