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US 10,265,841 B2Granted
Multi-function tool
AssigneeFiskars Brands, Inc.
InventorsMatt Rauwerdink, Hal Hardinge, Benjamin J. Nyssen, Jason Keenan
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Abstract
A multifunction tool includes a first handle and a second handle where each of the first and second handles include a non-linear track forming a slot. The multifunction tool further includes a jaw assembly slidably coupled to the non-linear tracks of the first and second handles where the jaw assembly is configured to slide within the slots of the first and second handles between a stowed position within the handles and a deployed position extending from the handles.
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A multifunction tool, comprising:
- a first handle and a second handle, wherein each of the first and second handles comprise two tracks spaced apart from and opposing one another, one of the tracks including a straight section and an angled section, the angled section extending obliquely away from the straight section toward the opposing track, the two tracks together defining a non-linear track and forming a slot positioned between the two tracks;
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- a jaw assembly slidably coupled to the non-linear tracks of the first and second handles, wherein the jaw assembly is configured to slide within the slots of the first and second handles between a stowed position within the handles and a deployed position extending from the handles.
A multi-function tool, comprising:
- a first handle and a second handle pivotable between an open position and a closed position;
- a jaw assembly slidably coupled to the first and second handles, wherein the jaw assembly is configured to move between a stowed position within the handles and a deployed position extending from the handles;
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- a driver pivotally coupled to the first handle and configured to pivot between a stowed position alongside the first handle and a deployed position extending from the first handle;
- wherein with the two handles in the closed position and the driver in the deployed position, the driver is in an on-center position relative to the two handles;
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- wherein with the two handles in the closed position and the driver in the stowed position, the driver is not in an on-center position relative to the two handles.
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A multi-function tool, comprising:
- a plurality of tools, each tool having a stowed position and a deployed position;
- a first handle comprising two tracks spaced apart from and opposing one another, one of the tracks including a straight section and an angled section, the angled section extending obliquely away from the straight section toward the opposing track, the two tracks together defining a non-linear track and forming a slot positioned between the two tracks, the non-linear track partially defining a first channel within the non-linear track having a first shape configured to compactly store a tool of the plurality of tools configured to be deployed using two hands;
- a second handle comprising two tracks spaced apart from and opposing one another, one of the tracks including a straight section and an angled section extending away from the straight section toward the opposing track, the two tracks together defining a non-linear track and a slot formed between the non-linear track, the straight section partially defining a second channel outside the slot and having a second shape configured to store a tool of the plurality of tools less compactly than the first handle and configured to be deployed using only one hand;
- a jaw assembly slidably coupled to the non-linear tracks of the first and second handles, wherein the jaw assembly is configured to slide within slots of the first and second handles between a stowed position within the handles and a deployed position extending from the handles, wherein the jaw assembly comprises a pair of jaws pivotally coupled together, each of the jaws comprising a tang having a wedge configured to interface with an inner surface of either the first or second handle to cause an interference that pushes the jaws closed when the jaw assembly is slid from a stowed position to a deployed position;
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- a driver having a stowed position and a deployed position;
- wherein with the two handles in the closed position and the driver in the deployed position, the driver is in an on-center position relative to the two handles;
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- wherein with the two handles in the closed position and the driver in the stowed position, the driver is not in an on-center position relative to the two handles;
- wherein the driver is pivotally coupled to the first handle and configured to pivot between the stowed position either within or alongside the first handle and the deployed position extending from the first handle;
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- wherein the driver further comprises a shaft and a bit, and wherein the shaft is curved such that when the driver is in the deployed position, the bit has an on-center position relative to at least one of a combined mass of the first and second handles, a midpoint between an inner surface of the first handle and an inner surface of the second handle, a midpoint between an outer surface of the first handle and an outer surface of the second handle, and an axis defined by an interface point where a first implement of the jaw assembly interfaces with a second implement of the jaw assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.