Multifunctional pocket knife
AssigneeHelvetica Brands SA
InventorsPeter Hug, Arnaud Salin
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Abstract
The multifunctional pocket knife (1) is composed of a handle (2) formed by two joined-together flanks (3, 3′) that provide at least one stowage space (4) for tools that each pivot about link pins (5, 5′) arranged at each end of the handle (2). It is characterized in that it comprises a planar tick-removal instrument (6) that pivots about one of said link pins (5, 5′) and that extends along the longitudinal axis of the pocket knife. Tick-removal instrument (6) designed to be incorporated into a multifunctional pocket knife (1).
Claims13
A multi-functional pocket knife comprising:
- a handle formed by two integral flanks providing at least one storage space for tools each pivoting about connection axes arranged at each end of the handle, wherein the tools comprise a planar pulling tool movable in rotation about one of the connection axes and extending along a longitudinal axis of the pocket knife,
- wherein the planar pulling tool is a tick remover which consists of a planar element comprising an opening at a free end of the tick remover, the opening delimiting a space gradually widening towards the free end,
- the planar element comprising a gripping member adjacent to a slot passing through the planar element on either side, the planar element further comprising an optical instrument,
- the planar element comprises a rotary end opposite from the free end, the planar element comprising an open loop at the rotary end, the open loop comprising an internal portion of the open loop which fits, in rotation, on a pin of the multifunctional pocket knife,
- the open loop at the rotary end of the planar element comprises an external part which bears on a return spring of the multifunctional pocket knife, and the external part of the open loop comprises a recess configured to interact with the return spring to thereby immobilize the tick remover when the tick remover is deployed, and
- the open loop comprises a cleft configured for the open loop to be removed, by translational movement, from the pin.
A pull-out instrument for incorporation into a pocket knife, the pull-out instrument consisting of a planar element arranged to be mounted in rotation about an axis and extend along a longitudinal axis of the pocket knife, the planar element comprises an opening at a free end of the planar element, the opening delimiting a space gradually widening towards the free end,
- the planar element comprising a gripping member adjacent to a slot passing through the planar element on either side, the planar element further comprising an optical instrument,
- wherein the planar element is a tick remover comprising a rotary end opposite from the free end, the tick remover comprising an open loop at the rotary end, the open loop comprising an internal portion of the open loop which fits, in rotation, on a pin of the pocket knife,
- the open loop at the rotary end of the planar element comprises an external part which bears on a return spring of the pocket knife, and the external part of the open loop comprises a recess configured to interact with the return spring to thereby immobilize the tick remover when the tick remover is deployed, and
- the open loop comprises a cleft configured for the open loop to be removed, by translational movement, from the pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.