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US 2019/0291256 A1Published application
Multi-Tool
AssigneeKlein Tools, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Baronti, Thomas R. Klein, JR.
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Abstract
A folding multi-tool includes a first tool defined by a pair of tool members connected to each other at a pivot, each tool member having a base portion spaced from the pivot, and a pair of elongate handles, at least one of the handles defining at least one tool storage area within the handle. A bit driver includes an elongate outer sleeve connected to one of the handles to pivot between a stowed position where the bit driver is stowed in the at least one the storage area and a deployed position where the bit driver can be operated by a user.
Claims11
A folding multi-tool comprising:
- a first tool defined by a pair of tool members connected to each other at a pivot, each tool member having a base portion spaced from the pivot;
- a pair of elongate handles connected to the tool members to allow manual actuation of the tool members relative to each other, one handle connected to one of the base portions, the other handle connected to the other base portion, at least one of the handles defining at least one tool storage area within the handle;
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- a bit driver comprising:
- an elongate outer sleeve connected to one of the handles to pivot between a stowed position where the bit driver is stowed in the at least one the storage area and a deployed position where the bit driver can be operated by a user, the outer sleeve having a drive bore that is open at an end of the outer sleeve, the drive bore having a non-circular cross section;
- an elongate inner sleeve releasably received in the drive bore, the inner sleeve having:
- an outer surface extending between opposite ends of the inner sleeve, the outer surface having a non-circular cross section that engages the non-circular cross section of the drive bore,
- a first driver bit receptacle in one of the opposite ends of the inner sleeve, and
- a second driver bit receptacle in the other of the opposite ends of the inner sleeve;
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- two reversible driver bits, each of the driver bits having dual working ends, one of the driver bits releasably received in the first driver bit receptacle with one of the working ends of the one of the driver bits extending outside of the inner sleeve, the other of the driver bits releasably received in the second driver bit receptacle with one of the working ends of the other of the driver bit extending outside of the inner sleeve.
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