# US 2023/0054432 A1 · Multipurpose Wilderness Survival Tool > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0054432 A1 - Document ID: US20230054432A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/701,852 - Filed: 2022-03-23 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-17 - Inventors: Christopher Michon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230054432A1 ## CPC - B25F 1/04: wherein the elements are brought into working positions by a pivoting or sliding movement - A01B 1/022: {Collapsible; extensible; combinations with other tools} - A01B 1/20: Combinations of different kinds of hand tools - B25F 1/006: {with percussion tool-heads or -blades, e.g. hammers, axes} - B25G 1/04: telescopic; extensible; sectional - B25G 1/08: with provision for storing tool elements - F23Q 1/06: Portable igniters - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} - A01B: SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21) - B25G: HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B) - F23Q: IGNITION (devices or installations peculiar to internal-combustion engines F02P; of cigarettes or tobacco A24F; compositions therefor, chemical igniters C06C); EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES ## Abstract The present invention relates to a multipurpose tool for numerous uses while camping, hunting, backpacking, hiking, or other outdoor activities. The tool features a dual-edged shovel head which is attached to a handle using a pike. The pike allows a pivotable movement of the shovel head relative to the handle and a knob is configured to lock the shovel head in unfolded and folded positions. The tool features a built-in sleeve for a magnesium fire starter, a concealed compartment for holding a saw wire, and a small circular aluminum holder having holes for accommodating a plurality of detachable steel tools including a hammer, a pickaxe, a crowbar, and a chisel. A pole portion extends from the handle using a circular lever to increase a length of the tool and a button secures to a hole to secure and lock the pole portion in the extended state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A multi-tool for housing and mounting a plurality of outdoor tools, the multi-tool comprising: a longitudinal handle having a length from about 15 inches to about 30 inches and having a top end and a bottom end; wherein said top end includes a release knob for pivoting a shovel head from a deployed position to a folded position; wherein said bottom end of said handle includes a pole opening for extending and retracting a pole portion therefrom and said pole portion configured for an extension from said bottom end of said handle for use and for retraction inside a cavity of said handle for storage; wherein said pole portion includes a lever for rotating and enabling said extension of said pole portion from said bottom end of said handle; wherein said extension includes a sliding of said pole portion out from said pole opening; a biased button on said pole portion for locking into a hole in said handle when said pole portion is in said extension position; wherein said pole portion includes a bottom end including a holder with a pair of holes, and further wherein said holder and said pair of holes accommodates selectively one of said multitude of tools; and further wherein said multitude of tools is selected from a group consisting of a hammer, a pickaxe, a crowbar and a chisel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The multi-tool of claim 1, wherein each one of said multitude of tools includes a spring biased button for locking into said bottom end of said pole portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The multi-tool of claim 2, wherein said pole portion includes a fire starter holder attached to said holder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The multi-tool of claim 3, wherein said fire starter holder includes a magnesium fire starter unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The multi-tool of claim 4, wherein said shovel head includes dual edges and at least one edge of said dual edges includes a serrated edge. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The multi-tool of claim 5, wherein said shovel head includes a pike for supporting a heavy weight during use of said multi-tool. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The multi-tool of claim 6, wherein said shovel includes a length from about 6 inches to about 12 inches from said pike to a tip of said shovel head. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The multi-tool of claim 7, wherein said shove head includes a width from about 4 inches to about 8 inches. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The multi-tool of claim 8, wherein said pole portion includes a length from about 8 inches to about 16 inches. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The multi-tool of claim 9, wherein said handle includes a grip covering a portion of said handle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The multi-tool of claim 10, wherein said handle includes a concealed repository for storing a saw wire. ### Claim 12 A multi-tool for housing and mounting a plurality of outdoor tools, the multi-tool comprising: a longitudinal handle having a top end and a bottom end; wherein said top end includes a release knob for pivoting a shovel head from a deployed position to a folded position; wherein said bottom end of said handle includes a pole opening for extending and retracting a pole portion therefrom and said pole portion configured for an extension from said bottom end of said handle for use and for retraction inside a cavity of said handle for storage; wherein said pole portion includes a lever for rotating and enabling said extension of said pole portion from said bottom end of said handle; wherein said extension includes a sliding of said pole portion out from said pole opening; a biased button on said pole portion for locking into a hole in said handle when said pole portion is in said extension position; wherein said pole portion includes a bottom end including a holder with a pair of holes, and further wherein said holder and said pair of holes accommodates selectively one of said multitude of tools; and further wherein said shovel head includes dual edges and at least one edge of said dual edges includes a serrated edge. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The multi-tool of claim 12, wherein said multitude of tools is selected from a group consisting of a hammer, a pickaxe, a crowbar, and a chisel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The multi-tool of claim 13, wherein each one of said multitude of tools includes a spring biased button for locking into said bottom end of said pole portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The multi-tool of claim 12, wherein said pole portion includes a fire starter holder attached to said holder. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The multi-tool of claim 15, wherein said fire starter holder includes a magnesium fire starter unit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The multi-tool of claim 12, wherein said shovel head includes a pike for supporting a heavy weight during use of said multi-tool. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The multi-tool of claim 17, wherein said shovel includes a length from about 6 inches to about 12 inches from said pike to a tip of said shovel head, and a width from about 4 inches to about 8 inches. ### Claim 19 A multi-tool for housing and mounting a plurality of outdoor tools, the multi-tool comprising: a longitudinal handle having a top end and a bottom end; wherein said top end includes a release knob for pivoting a shovel head from a deployed position to a folded position; wherein said bottom end of said handle includes a pole opening for extending and retracting a pole portion therefrom, and said pole portion configured for an extension from said bottom end of said handle for use and for retraction inside a cavity of said handle for storage; wherein said pole portion includes a lever for rotating and enabling said extension of said pole portion from said bottom end of said handle; wherein said extension includes a sliding of said pole portion out from said pole opening; a biased button on said pole portion for locking into a hole in said handle when said pole portion is in said extension position; wherein said pole portion includes a bottom end including a holder with a pair of holes, and further wherein said holder and said pair of holes accommodates selectively one of said multitude of tools; wherein said shovel head includes dual edges and at least one edge of said dual edges includes a serrated edge; and further wherein said handle includes a concealed repository for storing a saw wire. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The multi-tool of claim 19, wherein said multitude of tools is selected from a group consisting of a hammer, a pickaxe, a crowbar and a chisel.