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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1999
John Merrick Taggart, Cromwell, CT (US);
A. Jeffrey Turner, Madison, CT (US);
Edward S. Richardson, Fairfield, CT (US);
Daniel J. Nelsen, Providence, RI (US);
Stephen E. Lane, Jamestown, RI (US);
Marc Harrison, late of Portsmouth, RI (US);
Aidan J. Petrie, Providence, RI (US);
Swiss Army Brands, Inc., Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
A portable multi-purpose tool including tools useful for fixing or adjusting equipment used by a persons engaged in in-line skating, a board sport, and the like. The multi-purpose tool includes various implements that are conveniently stored within a tool housing, and are selectively extendable from the tool housing into respective operating positions. At least one of the tools is a socket wrench configured to engage and apply torque to an element to be rotated. The socket wrench may include a ratchet mechanism for controlling the direction in which torque may be applied by the socket.