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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
The Sherwin-williams Company, Cleveland, OH (US);
Victor J. Levand, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Sharad Gaurav, Lakewood, OH (US);
Sarah Bridget Mulroy, Rocky River, OH (US);
Joshua R. Robertson, North Ridgeville, OH (US);
Edward Ray Goodwin, Jr., Westlake, OH (US);
Randi Boss, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Aurora, OH (US);
SWIMC LLC, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Provided is a tool that includes a handle assembly including a top portion and a bottom portion. The tool also includes a lock plate disposed between the top and bottom portions and having a deflectable arm having a free end biased towards the top portion, a fixed end opposite the free end, an inner edge, an outer edge, and a detent near the free end and the inner edge. The tool additionally includes a blade having first and second ends, an indent in a bottom surface of the blade near the first end for engaging the detent in a closed position, and a ramp on the bottom surface near the indent defining a reduced thickness portion of the blade that reduces in thickness from the indent towards an edge of the blade to reduce contact between the detent and the blade during rotation of the blade.