Protective member for compass pins

In combination, (i) a compass device including a first leg and second leg pivotably connected together wherein at least said first leg has a distal end including a pin projecting outwardly therefrom, and (ii) a protective member for said pin,

• the distal end of said first leg of the compass device including matching elongate slots in opposed surfaces thereof and matching spaced grooves formed in said opposed surfaces at a upper distal portion of the distal end of the first leg adjacent to said pin;
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• said protective member including spaced side walls joined at one edge by a further wall, said side walls including internal shoulders at one end thereof and further including, spaced from said internal shoulders, internal, oppositely projecting lug elements, said lug elements being received in the slots in the distal end of said first leg so as to mount the protective member on said distal end and so as to enable the protective member to move between one end of the slots wherein a proximal portion of said internal shoulders abuts a proximal portion of said grooves and said protective member is maintained in a first, inoperative position and a second end of the slots wherein said protective member is disposed in a second, intermediate position thereof at least partially covering said pin, said protective member being pivotable about said lug elements in said second, intermediate position thereof to a third, operative position wherein a part of said internal shoulders engages a portion of the distal end of said first leg defining said grooves and wherein said pin is covered by said protective member.