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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:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Applicant:
Hollan A. Tsuda, Portland, OR (US);
Inventor:
Hollan A. Tsuda, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 7/04 (2006.01); B25B 7/00 (2006.01); B25B 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A folding multipurpose hand tool including a pivoted latch that engages side walls of a handle and a base of a folding tool member to hold the folding tool member in a selection position. Pliers include a non-circular hub. A separate safety interlock latch keeps a folding blade stowed in a handle when another tool is moved from a first position with respect to the handle. A tool bit holder securely holds and drives reduced thickness tool bits that can also be engaged in and driven by conventional sockets having a regular hexagonal shape.