Pocket tool

• US 5,653,525 A
• Filed: 04/10/1995
• Issued: 08/05/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyunghan Park
• Original Assignee: Kyunghan Park
• Inventors: Park, Kyunghan
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Larry
• Application Number:
  US08/419,443
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 431/253, 431/129, 431/144, 431/153, 206/223, 206/373, 206/374, 7/118, 7/119, 362/119, 362/120, 362/253
• US Class Current: 362/119
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 11/001 of the Swiss-knife type
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 13/005 Pocket or folding scissors
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 13/16 spring loaded, e.g. with provision for locking the blades or the handles

Abstract

A pocket tool is disclosed. A mount panel of the pocket tool has a hollow coupling projection for pivoting varieties of tool members as well as for fixing the mount panel to the other mount panel. A turn-up scissors are interposed between the opposed mount panels and coupled to the hollow coupling projection. The scissors have a return spring at the cross for automatically opening the scissors, the return spring being placed in a space defined by slots formed about cross coupling holes and fitted over a cross coupling pin at the cross of the scissors such that the return spring is out of view and improves the appearance of the pocket tool. The scissors are also free from any trouble and achieve the recent trend of compactness.

Claims

1. A pocket tool comprising:

opposed mount panels fixed to each other with turn-up scissors interposed therebetween, one of said panels having a hollow coupling projection, the other panel having a coupling hole, said hollow projection being fitted into the coupling hole with the scissors coupled to the projection and thereby fixing the panels to each other; and

the turn-up scissors interposed between the panels and coupled to the hollow coupling projection having a return spring at the cross for automatically opening the scissors, said return spring being placed in a space defined by slots formed about cross coupling holes and fitted over a cross coupling pin at the cross of the scissors such that the return spring is out of view.

2. The pocket tool according to claim 1, further comprising a lighter mounted to the outer surface of the one panel provided with the hollow coupling projections by fitting a plurality of projections of the lighter into their associated fitting holes defined in said hollow coupling projections respectively.

3. The pocket tool according to claim 1, further comprising a flashlight mounted to the outer surface of one of said panels by fitting a plurality of projections provided on a surface of said flashlight into holes in said one panel defined by said hollow coupling projections.

4. The pocket tool according to claim 2, further comprising a flashlight mounted to the outer surface of one of said panels by fitting a plurality of projections provided on a surface of said flashlight into holes in said one panel defined by said hollow coupling projections.

5. A pocket tool comprising:

opposed mount panels fixed to each other with a tool member interposed therebetween, one of said panels having a hollow coupling projection, the other panel having a coupling hole, said coupling projection being fitted into said hole with said tool member being coupled to said hollow coupling projection, thereby fixing the panels to each other; and

at least one of a flashlight and a lighter mounted to the outer surface of one of said panels by fitting a plurality of projections provided on a surface of said flashlight into holes in said one panel defined by said hollow coupling projections.