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.
Claims16
A tool with retractable cross-jaws capable of being moved into an exposed operating position by imparting inertial force to the tool, 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 whereby said jaws can be moved between an exposed operating position and a retracted position;
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- releasable biasing means for locking said jaws in said operating position in response to an inertial force imparted to the tool.
A tool with retractable jaws capable of being moved into an exposed operating position by a single hand, 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;
- first and second handles;
- means for slidably coupling said tangs to said handles for selective movement relative to said handle between extended and retracted positions, said jaws being of sufficient weight to facilitate forward sliding movement of said tangs;
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- means for exposing and locking said jaws in said extended position by imparting an inertial force to the tool.
A tool with retractable jaws capable of being moved into an exposed operating position by a single hand, 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;
- first and second handles;
- means for slidably coupling said tangs to said handles for selective movement relative to said handle between extended and retracted positions, said jaws being of sufficient weight to facilitate forward sliding movement of said tangs;
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- means slidably locking said jaws in said extended position to said handles within when said jaws are in said extended position free relative pivotal movement of said jaws, in response to convergence or divergence of said handles, is maintained.
A tool with retractable cross-jaws capable of being moved into an exposed operating position by imparting inertial force to the tool, 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 whereby said jaws can be moved between an exposed operating position and a retracted position, said jaws being of sufficient weight to facilitate forward sliding movement of said jaws;
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- releasable locking means locking said jaws in said operating position in response to an inertial force imparted to the tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.