Pocket tool with retractable jaws
AssigneeFiskars Inc.
InventorsGeorge C. Sessions, Chuck D. Mills, Bradford J. Parrish, Douglas R. Hutchens
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Abstract
The present invention is a combination tool that includes a pair of retractable jaws capable of being moved into an exposed operating position by inertial force using a single hand. The tool includes a single compact unit with, on one end of the handles, pivoted jaws sliding into and out of the handles and, at the distal end of the handles, a selected group of pivotally attached tools that perform various functions. Each of these pivotally attached tools is housed within one of the handles when not in use.
Claims47
A tool with retractable cross-jaws capable of being moved into an exposed operating position by a single hand using inertial force, said tool comprising:
- first and second jaws, each including a working portion and a tang interconnected by a bearing portion, said jaws being pivotally connected at said bearing portions to form said cross-jaws;
- first and second handles, each including an internal channel therein;
- means for slidably coupling said tangs to said handles for selective movement within said handle channels between
- an extended position in which said jaw working portions are disposed forward of said handles and are capable of pivotal movement with respect to each other in response to divergence and convergence of said handles, and
- a retracted position in which said working portions are at least partially contained within said handle channels such that said working portions are prevented form substantial pivotal motion relative to each other, and said handles are prevented from substantially diverging;
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- releasable biasing means for preventing said jaws from sliding with respect to said handles when said jaws are in said extended position.
A tool comprising:
- first and second jaws, each including a working portion and a tang interconnected by a bearing portion, said jaws being pivotally connected at said bearing portions;
- first and second handles;
- means for slidably coupling said tangs to said handles for selective movement relative to said handle whereby said jaws can be moved between extended and retracted positions;
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- means for effecting a pivotal connection between said handles at least separable from said pivotal connection between said jaws, said connection between said handles having a pivotal axis aligned with the axis of the pivotal connection between said jaws when the jaws are in said extended position.
A tool with retractable cross-jaws capable of being moved into an exposed operating position by a single hand using inertial force, said tool comprising:
- first and second jaws, each including a working portion and a tang interconnected by a bearing portion, said jaws being pivotally connected to said bearing portions to form said cross-jaws;
- first and second handles, each including a web and respective said panels, said web interconnecting said panels to define an internal channel therein;
- means for slidably coupling said tangs to said handles for selective movement relative to said handle whereby said jaws can be moved between extended and retracted positions, said coupling means comprising at least one longitudinal slot of predetermined width formed through one of said webs and a fastener coupled to the tang disposed in the handle channel, said fastener including a portion extending through said slot, disposed for sliding movement therein;
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- means for effecting a pivotal connection between said handles, said connection between said handles having a pivotal axis aligned with the axis of the pivotal connection between said jaws when the jaws are in said extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.