Tool with locking fold-out implements
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United States of America Patent
Stats
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Jul 18, 2000
Grant Date -
N/A
app pub date -
Jan 29, 1999
filing date -
Jan 29, 1999
priority date (Note) -
Expired
status (Latency Note)
Importance
Abstract
A tool includes a body with implements rotatably deployed from the body. The implements have notches in their bases corresponding to open and closed positions, which are engagable by a locking plate of the body. A locking lever rotatably mounted on the body includes a lock actuator plate which does not engage the locking plate when the locking lever is rotated to an unlocked position but does engage the locking plate when the locking lever is rotated to a locked position. The engagement of the locking plate causes it to contact the notches of the implement base, thereby locking the implement either open or closed. The body may be inserted into a handle, such as the handle of a combination tool, so that the operation of the locking lever also locks the body into the handle.
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