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Tool set with slide-out and swing-out tools

  • US 3,943,801 A
  • Filed: 02/24/1975
  • Issued: 03/16/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tool set comprisinga plurality of tools, each having a pair of integrally connected, elongate shanks disposed at a substantial angle relative to each other, with each shank having a working part at its outer end,an elongate tool-holding body having an elongate shank support member extending longitudinally of said body for receiving said tools and permitting manual shifting of a tool therein between a stored position held adjacent the other tools in said set with a shank thereof adjacent and extending longitudinally of said tool-holding body with one elongate side of the tool shank against said support member, a first working position shifted longitudinally of said body whereby one of said shanks of the tool is spaced from the body with its associated working part exposed, and a second working position wherein the other shank of said tool is shifted outwardly from said body and from said other tools to expose its associated working part, andholding means in said body for holding a tool in a selected position comprising a pivot member secured to said body and spaced outwardly from said shank support member, about which pivot member said tool is swingable to place said tool in its second operating position with said other tool shank extending outwardly from said shank support member and its one shank captured between said pivot member and shank support member.

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