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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Paul E Hildebrand, Fremont, CA (US);
Nicholas Campagna, So. San Francisco, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Presented is a multipurpose tool formed from an elongated unitary length of material narrow in comparison to its length and having a main body portion on one end of which is integrally formed a reentrant portion that functions as a clip to retain the tool clipped within a pocket, and which also provides a lip portion diverging from the main body portion and against which the thumb may rest during use. The end of the main body portion remote from the reentrant portion is provided with one or more sharpened edges, and in one embodiment two opposed recesses are formed in the lateral edges of the main body portion adjacent its sharpened end edge. A portion of the lateral edges that define the recesses are also sharpened as a continuation of the sharpened end edge.