Multi-purpose tool

US6286397A · 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
• Aidan Petrie · Jamestown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 11, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25F1/04
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable multi-purpose tool including tools useful for fixing or adjusting equipment used by a persons engaged in in-line skating, a board sport, and the like. The multi-purpose tool includes various implements that are conveniently stored within a tool housing, and are selectively extendable from the tool housing into respective operating positions. At least one of the tools is a socket wrench configured to engage and apply torque to an element to be rotated. The socket wrench may include a ratchet mechanism for controlling the direction in which torque may be applied by the socket.