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US 2003/0140740 A1Published application
Tool frame member including spring
AssigneeLeatherman Tool Group, Inc.
InventorBenjamin C. Rivera
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AssigneeLeatherman Tool Group, Inc.
InventorBenjamin C. Rivera
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A frame member for the handle of a folding knife or multipurpose tool includes an integral flange with an integral leaf spring. An internal frame member has an upper flange and an oppositely facing lower flange. Each flange includes an integral leaf spring. The leaf springs bear upon the base portions of folding tool blades that are pivotably pinned to the frame. Attaching side scales to the frame creates upwardly and downwardly facing tool pockets. Other frames are shown in the form of a channel with an integral external flange extending outwardly from the top of a channel wall in a direction away from the channel. Pivot pins extending through the channel and out the channel wall carry pivoting tool blades. An integral leaf spring on the external flange bears against the base of a blade pivotably connected to the frame outside of the channel. Other tool blades are carried inside the channel and pivot about the pivot pin.
A frame member for a folding tool of the type having first and second folding tools bits pivotable between folded and extended positions, said frame member comprising a first elongate plate having a first integral flange extending outwardly from said plate in a first direction along at least a portion of said plate, said first flange having a first integral spring capable of bearing upon a base of said first folding tool bit, said frame member including a second integral flange extending in a second direction said second flange including a first integral spring capable of bearing upon a base of said second folding tool bit.
A subassembly of a folding tool comprising:
A frame member for a folding tool, said frame member comprising an elongate channel having first and second substantially opposed sidewalls joined by an integral channel floor extending along at least a portion of said channel, and further including an elongate integral first flange extending outwardly from said first sidewall along at least a portion of said sidewall in a first direction away from said channel, said first flange including an integral leaf spring.
A subassembly of a folding tool comprising:
A frame member for a folding tool comprising:
A channel-shaped frame member for a folding tool comprising a pair of spaced-apart side plates integrally joined by a channel floor, and further including first and second integral flanges extending outwardly from said first and second side plates in first and second directions away from said channel, each of said flanges including an integral leaf spring.
A subassembly of a folding tool of the type having first and second tool bits foldable between folded and extended positions, comprising an elongate plate, first and second flanges integral with said plate and extending in opposite directions with respect to said plate, each of said flanges including integral first springs, wherein said tool blades are pivotable with respect to said plate, each of said springs bearing against a base of one of said respective tool bits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.