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US 2022/0331999 A1Published application
Multipurpose tool
AssigneeLeatherman Tool Group, Inc.
InventorAndro PURNOMOHADI
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Abstract
A multipurpose tool, such as a pruning shear that incorporates a pruning saw into a single handheld tool. The pruning shear includes pruning handles with a folding saw blade that pivotally deploys from a stowed position within one of the pruning handles to an extended operational position.
Claims16
A multipurpose tool comprising:
- a pair of pivotally connected jaw members;
- a pair of handles attached to the jaw members, with at least one of the handles defining an elongated channel formed therein;
- a pivot joint located between the jaw members and the handles, wherein the pivot joint defines a pivot axis that allows the jaw members to move in a scissors motion;
- a jaws lock rotatably attached to one of the pair of handles for movement between an unlocked position allowing the jaw members to move relative to each other in a scissors motion and a locked position where the jaw members are not able to move relative to each other;
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- an elongate tool pivotally connected to the pivot joint, wherein the elongate tool is moveable from a stowed position within the elongated channel of the handle to a deployed position extending at least partially out of the handle.
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A multipurpose tool comprising:
- a pair of pivotally connected jaw members;
- a pair of handles attached to the jaw members, with at least one of the handles defining an elongated channel formed therein;
- a pivot joint located between the jaw members and the handles, wherein the pivot joint defines a pivot axis that allows the jaw members to move in a scissors motion,
- wherein the pivot joint comprises a threaded pivot joint stud and a pivot joint nut;
- a jaws lock rotatably attached to one of the pair of handles for movement between an unlocked position allowing the jaw members to move relative to each other in the scissors motion and a locked position where the jaw members are not able to move relative to each other;
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- a saw blade pivotally connected to the pivot axis, wherein the saw blade can move from a stowed position within the elongate channel of the handle to a deployed position at least partially out of the handle.
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A multipurpose tool comprising:
- a pair of pivotally connected jaw members;
- a pair of handles attached to the jaw members, with at least one of the handles defining an elongated channel formed therein;
- a pivot joint located between the jaw members and the handles, wherein the pivot joint defines a pivot axis that allows the jaw members to move in a scissors motion;
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- an elongate tool pivotally connected to the pivot joint, wherein the elongate tool is moveable from a stowed position within the elongated channel of the handle to a deployed position extending at least partially out of the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.