Hand tool with retractable implement
AssigneeTaylor Cutlery, LLC
InventorRocky Lee Moser
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Abstract
A hand tool generally including a base member; an implement displaceable along a line of travel intersecting the base member; a pair of handle segments each having an end pivotally connected to the base member to a side of the line of travel; and a pair of actuating links each having an end pivotally connected to the implement and an opposite end pivotally connected to a handle segment at a point disposed between ends of the connected handle segment whereby upon pivoting the handle segments about their pivotal connections with the base member, the actuating links will be caused to displace the implement along its line of travel.
Claims36
A hand tool comprising:
- a pair of handles operatively connected together for pivotal movement relative to each other about a first axis;
- an implement displaceable along a line of travel, supported on said handles;
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- a pair of actuating links each having an end operatively connected to said implement for pivotal movement about a second axis and pivotally connected at another end thereof to a handle at a midpoint disposed between ends of said handle whereby upon pivoting said handles relative to each other about said first axis, said actuating links will be caused to displace said implement along said line of travel.
A hand tool comprising:
- a base member;
- an implement displaceable along a line of travel intersecting said base member;
- a pair of handle segments each having an end pivotally connected to said base member to a side of line of travel;
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- a pair of actuating links each having an end pivotally connected to said implement and an opposite end pivotally connected to a handle segment at a midpoint disposed between ends of said connected handle segment whereby upon pivoting said handle segments about their pivotal connections to said base member, said actuating links will be caused to displace said implement along said line of travel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.