Paul J Rusyniak

US Patent:

59502657, Sep 14, 1999

Filed:

Jan 8, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/004468

Inventors:

David S. Allen - New Hartford NY
Richard Joswick - New Hartford NY
Paul Clifford - Cold Brook NY
Roy A. Gonzalez - Westmoreland NY
Paul J. Rusyniak - Rome NY

Assignee:

Utica Cutlery Company - Utica NY

International Classification:

B26B 1100

US Classification:

7118

Abstract:

A multiple purpose pocket tool having an elongated housing defining an open cavity, a plurality of elongated ancillary tools pivotally attached to one end of the housing at their proximal ends, and an elongated cover plate pivotally attached to the opposite end of the housing. Each of the ancillary tools includes a slot formed transversely across the top and bottom edges thereof, adjacent their proximal ends. The cover plate includes a downwardly extending flange which engages one of the slots formed in each of the tools when positioned in its terminal closed position, thereby locking the tools in place. The cover plate further includes a protrusion formed on the inwardly facing surface of one of its sidewalls which engages an aperture formed through the corresponding sidewall of the housing when in either its terminal open or closed position, thereby locking the cover plate in such position.