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US 4,078,272 AGranted
Multiple tool implement
OwnerCharles A. Mahon, IIIinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to a belt buckle uniquely combined with a tool implement having multiple-purpose uses. More specifically, this invention relates to a belt buckle so uniquely shaped and dimensional so as to house a cutting instrument and multi-tool implement that are foldable into the body of said buckle in a unique manner and wherein the buckle itself can be employed as a tool implement to remove caps and the like.
Claims3
A buckle and multiple-tool implement comprising:
- an upper body portion and a lower body portion, said upper and lower body portions being spaced apart and having a spring member mounted therebetween;
- the spring member having a lateral body section at one end of said body portion and leg sections extending toward the other end of said body portions, said leg sections having enlarged portions intermediate the ends thereof, blade members pivotly mounted adjacent said leg portions by pins nearest the other end of said body portions, said leg portions of said spring member resiliently holding said blade members in position, the bottom surface of said bottom body portion having a belt loop pivotly mounted thereon adapted to receive one end of a belt, a holding pin rigidly mounted adjacent said belt loop adapted to be inserted into an opening on the other end of said belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.