Ideal Industries, Inc.

Innovate, LLC

Scott Huff

Bruce P Konen

Bruce Hartranft

Hugh Melling

Bruce W Hartranft

A retracting and locking leash housing includes a casing () and a handle (). A pair of connectors () space the casing () from the handle () and define a finger () opening. A trigger () includes a gripping portion () and a locking portion () and is slidably supported for rectilinear movement. The gripping portion () and the locking portion () are connected by arms (), which are coextensive with the connectors () about the finger () opening. A spool () is rotatably disposed in the casing () and includes a circle of teeth () and a finger () extends from the locking portion () to engage the circle of teeth () when the trigger () is moved rectilinearly to a locking position to prevent rotation of the spool ().

Retracting and locking leash assembly

A wire stripper has a pair of elongated frames pivotably joined together by a pivot pin and defining handles and jaws. The handles are covered by sleeves which include thumb wells which cover the ends of the pivot pin. A mechanical interlock is provided between the handles and the sleeves. The sleeves have slots for receiving the handles. The slots are offset so the front and rear surfaces of opposite sleeves are coplanar. The sleeves have a core and cushion grip overmolded on the core. A molding projection on the core allows precise placement of the core in a mold during formation of the cushion grip. A spring biases the frames to an open position. A locking member can be set by a sliding motion toward the handle end to hold the handles in a closed position. A curved shoulder on the edge of a handle wipes across a screw hole opening in the opposite jaw to provide a screw cutting function with a slicing action.

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Aurora, IL, United States of America

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