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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1998
Brett P Seber, Escondido, CA (US);
Gregory F Rubin, Escondido, CA (US);
Valle de Oro Bank, N.A., La Mesa, CA (US);
Abstract
A hand tool includes a pliers jaw mechanism and two solid-body handles that pivot about the lugs of the jaw mechanism between open and closed positions. The ends of the solid-body handles are in the form of implements. The externally facing surfaces of the handles are dished to conform to the sides of the jaw mechanism when the handles are closed. The jaw lugs include cam surfaces over which corresponding surfaces of the solid-body handles ride to provide detents for the handles in the open and closed positions. The jaw lugs include facing protrusions that define a key ring when the handles are in the closed position. The face of the hand tool presents a broad, generally planar surface suitable for the imprinting of information thereon.