Auto Emergency Tool

An auto emergency tool comprising:

• an ergonomic housing including:
• a main portion having a forward end with a light emitter assembly opening, a rearward end with a glass-breaker assembly opening, a longitudinally extending axis between the forward end and the rearward end, a top surface and projecting portion-facing bottom surface;
• a joining portion proximate said rearward end and connected to said main portion;
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• a projecting portion integrally connected to said main portion and extending from said joining portion to a free end proximate said forward end of said main portion, said projecting portion having a forward end proximate and generally aligned with the forward end of said main portion and a rearward end as part of said joining portion, an inner main portion-facing upper surface spaced from said projecting portion-facing bottom surface of said main portion to define a seat belt-receiving notch, said inner main portion-facing upper surface having a smooth gentle curve for facilitating the movement of said auto emergency tool towards a seat belt with the seat belt being positionable in said notch, and an outer smooth gentle surface for being graspable by a user's hand, said housing having proximate said rearward end a rearward height, said rearward height being less than the thickness of said housing proximate said forward end to enable a user to wrap the user's fingers around the rearward end and exert a firm and ergonomic grip on said housing;
• a knife blade fixed to said housing and extending into said notch;
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• a blade cover for being slid into and out of said notch, said blade cover comprising:
• an upper part configured to correspond to said projecting body-facing side of said body portion, said upper part having a forward end and a rearward end;
• a lower part configured to correspond to said main body-facing side of said projecting portion, said lower part having a forward end and a rearward end;
• a nose portion interconnecting said rearward parts of said upper part and said lower part for engaging said joining portion in sliding engagement when said blade cover is inserted into said notch;
• a slit-extending forwardly from said nose portion for receiving a portion of said blade cover extending into said notch in response to the insertion of said blade cover into said notch;
• a light-emitter assembly disposed in said light-emitter assembly opening of said main portion of said housing, said light-emitter assembly including:
• a light emitter for emitting light through said light emitter assembly;
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• a switching circuit closable for connecting a power source to said light emitter, said switching circuit including a manually operable structure extending from said top surface of said main portion of said housing proximal said light emitter assembly opening, for closing said switching circuit;
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• a glass-breaker assembly disposed in said glass-breaker assembly opening of said main portion of said housing, said glass-breaker assembly including an external guide piece and a spring-loaded plunger operably connected to said guide piece for being driven outwardly from said housing in response to the depression of said guide piece into said housing to break glass in the path of said plunger;
• said blade cover being manually withdrawable to close or expose said knife blade for cutting a seat belt as said auto emergency tool is moved towards and through a seat belt disposable in said notch, said rearward end of said auto emergency tool being placeable against a motor vehicle window and said guide piece being depressible to release said plunger, and the forward end of said auto emergency tool being directable in a selected direction and said manually operable structure being operable to effect the emission of light from said light emitter.