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US 5,313,860 AGranted
Compound tool
OwnerMou T. Liouinventor
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Abstract
A tool includes a head portion formed on an elongated body, and one or more screw driver shanks pivotally engaged on the body. The head portion includes two engaging surfaces communicated with each other and having different sizes in order to drive objects of different sizes.
Claims6
A tool comprising:
- an elongated body having two ends;
- a head portion having a first end integral with at least one of said ends of said elongated body and having a second end which is a free end with a notch formed therein with first retaining means formed in said notch, said head portion defining a first plurality of engaging surfaces for driving objects;
- said elongated body having a groove extending along a portion of the length of the body, said groove defining a storing compartment;
- a second retaining means formed in said storing compartment;
- two holes formed in said body adjacent said first end of said head portion and disposed on either side of the groove;
- a pin element having opposite ends accommodated in a respective one of said two holes;
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- a screwdriver shank mounted to the pin element for pivoted rotation thereabout between a working position in which the screwdriver shank is received within said notch and retained within said notch by said first retaining means, and a storage position in which the screwdriver shank is received within said storing compartment and retained in said storing compartment by said second retaining means.
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A tool, comprising:
- an elongated body having two ends;
- respective head portions each having a respective periphery defining an engaging surface for driving objects, the respective head portions having a first end integral with a respective one of said body ends and having a second end with a notch formed therein;
- the notch having a bottom surface and a pair of side surfaces and having a first projection formed in a middle portion of said bottom surface of said notch, and having a first protrusion formed on each of said side surfaces of said notch;
- said body having a surface with a groove extending along a length of the body with a partition in a middle portion of said groove separating said groove into two opposite storing compartments, with each of said storing compartments having a bottom surface and a pair of side surfaces, a second projection being formed in a middle portion of said bottom surface of each storing compartment, and a second protrusion being formed on each of said side surfaces of each of said storing compartments for retaining a screwdriver between said projection and said protrusion;
- a screwdriver shank pivotably attached to the base adjacent one of said head portions to allow pivotal movement of said screwdriver shank between a working position in which the screwdriver shank is received within said notch and retained within said notch by said first projection and said first protrusion, and a storage position in which the screwdriver shank is received within said storing compartment and retained in said storing compartment by said second projection and said second protrusion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.