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US 5,768,727 AGranted
Integrated modular ice axe head
AssigneeBlack Diamond Equipment, Ltd.
InventorCharles Brainerd
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Abstract
An integrated modular ice axe head is disclosed including a first base member fixedly attached to a handle and a second base member, attachable to the first base member, which has an accessory, such as a hammer head or adze formed integrally therewith. Preferably, the two base members form a receiving slot when they are attached to one another for receiving and holding the base of an accessory, such as an ice pick. Because the first and second base members can move toward and away from one another before attachment is completed, the receiving slot is of variable width and facilitates pieces having loose tolerances.
Claims25
An integrated modular ice axe comprising:
- an elongate handle;
- a first base member fixedly attached to the handle, the base member having first and second ends;
- a second base member releasably attached to the first base member, the second base member comprising first and second ends and a tool head disposed so as to extend from the second end, the second base member being configured so that when the second base member is attached to the first base member, the first end of the second base member is disposed adjacent to the first end of the first base member, and the second end of the second base member is disposed adjacent to the second end of the second base member;
- attachment means for securely connecting the second base member to the first base member;
- at least one off-set portion formed in at least one of the first ends of the first and second base members so as to form a receiving slot when the first and second base members are connected;
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- an ice pick disposable within the receiving slot.
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An integrated modular tool comprising:
- an elongate handle;
- a first base member fixedly attached to the handle, the base member having first and second ends, an off-set portion being disposed in the first end;
- a second base member releasably attachable to the first base member, the second base member comprising first and second ends within off-set portion formed in the first end such that when the first and second base members are attached to one another, the off-set portions in the first and second base members form a receiving slot for releasably receiving a tool head;
- a hammer head formed integrally with the second base member at the second end;
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- an attachment means for selectively holding the second base member to the first base member.
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An integrated modular ice axe comprising;
- an elongate handle;
- a first base member fixedly attached to the handle, the base member having first and second ends, an off-set portion being disposed in the first end;
- a second base member releasably attachable to the first base member, the second base member comprising first and second ends with an off-set portion formed in the first end such that when the first and second base members are attached to one another, the off-sets in the first and second base members form a receiving slot;
- an adze head formed integrally with the second base member at the second end of said second base member;
- an attachment means for selectively holding the second base member to the first base member;
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- an ice pick disposable within the receiving slot.
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A method for forming an integrated modular ice axe comprising:
- a) selecting a handle having a first base member with an off-set portion formed in one end of the base member fixedly attached thereto;
- b) selecting a second base member which is attachable to the first base member and which has a tool head selected from the group consisting of a hammer head, an adze and an ice pick formed integrally therewith;
- c) attaching the second base member to the first base member so as to form a receiving slot between the first and second base members to enable releasable attachment of a tool head while the first and second base members remain attached;
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- d) selecting a tool head for disposition in the slot, the tool head being selected from the group consisting of a hammer head, an adze and an ice pick.
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An integrated modular tool comprising;
- an elongate handle;
- a first base member fixedly attached to the handle, the base member having first and second ends;
- a second base member releasably attachable to the first base member, the second base member comprising first and second ends and a tool head disposed so as to extend from the second end, the first and second ends of the second base member being alignable with the first and second ends of the first base member;
- attachment means for securely connecting the second base member to the first base member;
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- at least one off-set portion formed in at least one of the first ends of the first and second base members so as to form a hollow receiving slot when the first and second base members are connected, the receiving slot being formed between the first end of the first base member and the first end of the second base member, and configured for releasably receiving a second tool head while the first and second base members are attached.
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An integrated modular ice axe head, comprising:
- a first base member fixedly mountable to a handle, the base member having a first end and a second end;
- a second base member releasably attached to the first base member and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second base member being disposed proximate to the first end of the first base member and forming a receiving slot there between;
- a tool head integrated with and extending from the second end of the second base member;
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- an ice pick disposable in the receiving slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.