(19)
(11) EP 0 834 381 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/15

(21) Application number: 97117231.7

(22) Date of filing: 06.10.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B25F 1/00, B25F 1/04, B25G 1/08, B25B 7/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 07.10.1996 US 724963
07.10.1996 US 724964

(71) Applicant: Imperial Schrade Corp.
Ellenville, NY 12428 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Gardiner, Walter A.
    Waccabuc, NY 10597 (US)
  • Swinden, David
    Ellenville, NY 12428 (US)
  • Quinn, James
    Ellenville, NY 12428 (US)
  • Andersen, Robert
    Cragsmoor, NY 12420 (US)
  • Stecyk, Oleh
    Kerhonkson, NY 12446 (US)
  • Hufnagel, Joseph A.
    Bethel, CT 06801 (US)
  • Lynch, Peter F.
    Skaneateles, NY 13152 (US)
  • Furth, David A.
    Skaneateles, NY 13152 (US)
  • Naas, Robert L.
    Skaneateles, NY 13152 (US)
  • Lemaire, John Denis
    Boucherville, Quebec (CA)

(74) Representative: Rohnke, Christian 
Jungfernstieg 51 (Prien-Haus) Postfach 30 40 49
20313 Hamburg
20313 Hamburg (DE)

   


(54) Multi-purpose folding tool


(57) A multi-purpose folding tool is disclosed, comprising: a pliers (12) having a pair of crossed jaws (18, 20), each of said jaws of said pliers comprising a gripping end (14), a pivot bearing (30, 36), and a tang (32, 38), said jaws being rotatably connected to each other by a jaw pivot pin (26) extending through each of said jaw pivot bearings (30, 36); a pair of handles (22, 24), each of said handles comprising: a pair of upstanding sidewalls (64, 66) integrally connected by a web (68), said sidewalls and said web forming a U-shaped channel (70) open outwardly from the plane of said handles (22, 24); a channel pivot pin (78) journaled in said sidewalls transverse of said channel adjacent said free end of said handle; and a plurality of supplemental tools (76) pivotally mounted on said channel pivot pin (78), each of said supplemental tools being individually rotatable between a closed position within said channel (70) and an open position extending from said channel.






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