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West Coast Chain Mfg. Co.

Daniel M Cornell

Phillip Joseph Malvini

Oleh Steeyk

A cutting tool includes a blade assembly with two retractable, opposing blades in a handle shaped for comfortable gripping. The blades may be closed and stowed by being partially retracted into the handle with a continuous motion of a single hand. The blades may similarly be extended and deployed for use with a continuous motion of a single hand. Each blade is formed with a shearing edge and a lever arm. Each lever arm is formed with a slot for engaging a blade locking tab joined to a cover for the handle. When the blade assembly is retracted into the handle, the shearing edges of the blades remain safely closed when the lever arms are released by a person using the tool. The cutting tool includes a retractable tether for preventing loss or damage to the tool should it be dropped.

Cutting tool with retractable blades

This invention is a hand tool tethering system for use with hand tools that includes a retractor adapted to be included in a housing of the hand tool, a tether attached to the hand tool's retractor mechanism at one end, and to and a coupling device at the opposite end for attachment to an operator or to a selected support structure. The retractor mechanism allows the tether to be movable between a stored position and a functional position.

Tethered hand tool

An exercising device having a longitudinally extending frame, a first side and a second side. Spaced first legs, second legs and intermediate legs are fixed to the longitudinally extending frame and extend upwardly therefrom. A first seat frame and a second seat frame are swingably supported on the first side and the second side of the frame. The first seat frame is swingable to a first position with the distal end thereof resting on a support surface or swingable to a second position with the distal end thereof resting on a lateral intermediate member and forming a continuation of a fixed seat frame. The second seat frame is swingably attached to the longitudinally extending frame at an intermediate position between the second legs and the intermediate legs. The second seat frame can be removed or swung to a second position parallel to a support surface or can be swung to a third position with the distal end thereof resting on a transversely cross member of a U-shaped member supported on the fixed seat frame, thereby providing a three-in-one exercise bench.

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Meadville, PA, United States of America

Daniel M Cornell