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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Brett P. Seber, Escondido, CA (US);
Randolph J. Morton, Coronado, CA (US);
Gabriel Alejandro Draguicevich, Solana Beach, CA (US);
Roy L. Helton, Jr., San Diego, CA (US);
Harold J. Carson, Vine Grove, KY (US);
Harold J. Carson, Jr., Vine Grove, KY (US);
Gregory F. Rubin, Escondido, CA (US);
William P. Debley, Jr., Winnetka, CA (US);
Robson L. Splane, Jr., Granada Hills, CA (US);
Buck Knives, Inc., El Cajon, CA (US);
Abstract
A combination tool includes a tool head having a jaw mechanism with two jaws lying in a tool head plane. A first handle is pivotably attached to the jaw mechanism and rotatable in a first direction about a first pivot axle lying in the tool head plane, between a nested position wherein the first handle lies coplanar with and adjacent to the jaw mechanism and a deployed position wherein the first handle is coplanar with and remote from the jaw mechanism. A second handle is pivotably attached to the jaw mechanism and rotatable in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, about a second pivot axle lying in the tool head plane, between a nested position wherein the second handle lies coplanar with and adjacent to the jaw mechanism and a deployed position wherein the second handle is coplanar with and remote from the jaw mechanism. The combination tool further includes a set of blade tools including a first blade pivotably received in the first handle, and a second blade pivotably received in the second handle.