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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Applicant:
Hollan Akio Tsuda, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Hollan Akio Tsuda, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 13/00 (2006.01); B26B 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scissors-action tool whose blades or jaws are urged apart by a spring and which includes an adjustable member restricting opening movement to a limited blade or jaw separation angle during normal use of the tool, but allowing the blades or jaws to be opened to a wider angle when the adjustable member is moved to a rearward position. The adjustable member may be a rocker including an elongated hole permitting the rocker to be moved rearwardly from a normal position of engagement with a rocker pivot pin.