Steven A Hull

US Patent:

6088861, Jul 18, 2000

Filed:

Jan 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/239904

Inventors:

George Christensen Sessions - Milwaukie OR
Dave Roger Nelson - Brush Prairie WA
Steven J. Hull - San Diego CA
Thomas A. Gaboury - El Cajon CA
Gad J. Shaanan - Westmount, CA

Assignee:

Buck Knives, Inc. - El Cajon CA

International Classification:

B25B 722

US Classification:

7128

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.