Pocket tool having slidably extensible pliers

A multi-purpose, pocket tool comprising:

• a pair of interlocked handle grips having an open arrangement and a closed arrangement comprising a smooth housing;
• a pliers with a pair of elongate members rotatably mounted on a pivot pin, each member having first and second ends with a pivot jaw at the first end;
• each handle having a channel to slidably retain an elongate member second end, wherein the pliers is slidably extensible from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position;
• said tool housing defining a traveling lock opening when the housing is closed, said opening having a fixed dimension when the handle grips are closed that receives an actuation button to manually extend the pliers from the housing with an associated traveling lock means mounted on the pliers for securing the pliers in the extended or retracted positions and to alternately lock the tool in its open or closed arrangement.

A multi-purpose, pocket tool comprising a pair of handles defining a housing secured by a plurality of fasteners, a pliers with opposed jaws and a pair of pivotally connected tines each slidably mounted in the housing responsive to a manipulation of the handles, a slide associated with the pliers to push the pliers to an extended position and pull the pliers back to a retracted position within the housing, the pocket tool formed by a process comprising the steps of creating a multiple cavity part by shaping the part to define a handle, a tine, a fastener and a slide;

• blending a polymeric binder with a metallic powder to form a metallic powder-filled plastic;
• injecting the metallic powder-filled plastic into the part;
• bonding the metallic powder in a sintering furnace for burning off the binder and removing the plastic, for casting the pocket tool by a single injection for an increase in a density of the tool having mechanical, wear and corrosion resistant properties equivalent machined material;
• and, assembling the tool.