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OwnerJamie Alexander HOBSON, Benjamin MCDONNELL +1inventors
InventorsJamie Alexander HOBSON, Benjamin MCDONNELL, Ian Douglas HILLIER
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A multitool includes (a) a handle extending along a tool axis; (b) at least one tool movably mounted to the handle for movement between a deployed position and a stowed position; and (c) a bit retainer integrated into the handle for storing a plurality of tool bits. The bit retainer includes one or more bit storage slots. Each bit storage slot retains a respective pair of tool bits at axially opposite ends of the slot. Each tool bit is selectively slidable along a respective slot from a storage position adjacent a respective end of the slot in which the bit is securely retained in the slot, to an extraction position toward a center of the slot from which the bit is removable from the slot for insertion into a bit socket of the multitool for use.
A multitool comprising:
A tool comprising a bit retainer integrated into a portion of the tool for storing a plurality of tool bits, the bit retainer including one or more slots, each slot retaining a respective pair of tool bits at axially opposite ends of the slot, each tool bit selectively slidable along a respective slot from a storage position adjacent a respective end of the slot in which the bit is securely retained in the slot, to an extraction position toward a center of the slot from which the bit is removable from the slot for insertion into a bit socket of the tool for use.
A bit retainer for a tool comprising a retainer body having one or more slots, each slot retaining a respective pairs of tool bits at axially opposite ends of the slot, each tool bit selectively slidable along a respective slot from a storage position adjacent a respective end of the slot in which the bit is securely retained in the slot, to an extraction position toward a center of the slot from which the bit is removable from the slot for insertion into a bit socket of the tool for use.
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