Tool
OwnerJames Bruce Stuart-Smithinventor
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Abstract
A tool module comprises an elongate carrying plate, an axle located with respect to the carrying plate towards one end of the said plate and a tool blade rotatable around the axle to move from a stowed position to a use position. The said tool module is adapted to be fixed together with a plurality of other such modules in a variety of configurations by means of a fixing device or devices passing axially through the respective axles of the modules thereby to form a penknife or multitool.
Claims20
A tool module comprising an elongate carrying plate, an axle located with respect to the carrying plate towards one end of the said plate and a tool blade rotatable around the axle to move from a stowed position to a use position, characterized in that the said tool module is adapted to be fixed together with a plurality of other such modules in a variety of configurations by means of a fixing device or devices passing axially through the respective axles of the modules thereby to form a penknife or multitool.
A penknife or multitool comprising a stack of tools each including an elongate carrying plate, an axle located with respect to the carrying plate towards one end of the said plate and a tool blade foldable around a first common axle from a stowed position to a position ready for use, characterized in that each of the said tools is a modular item which can be removed from or added to the stack, the stack being fixed together in use by a fixing device passing axially through the said common axle.
A plurality of tool modules, each module comprising a carrying plate and a tool blade mounted on the carrying plate and foldable about an axle between a stowed position and a position ready for use, characterized in that several of the said tool modules can be fixed together by means of a fixing device passing through their respective axles in a variety of configurations by a user to form a multitool or penknife.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.