Pivoted sleeve screw driver pocket tool
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1. A hand tool comprising:
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first and second pluralities of tool bits;
a first sleeve and means for pivotally connecting the first sleeve to the handle, said handle comprising spaced parallel elongated sides, said handle having opposite ends, and said means for pivotally connecting said first sleeve being disposed adjacent one of said handle ends, further comprising a second first sleeve and means for pivotally connecting said second first sleeve at the other end of the handle, said first sleeves having respective central axes, each said first sleeve comprising an inner sleeve for slidably removably nonrotatably holding one of said pluralities of tool bits, said first sleeves being pivotally connected to said handle so as to be pivoted from an inoperable position in the handle to an operable position disposed away from the handle, said first sleeves central axes being in parallel disposition in respective inoperable positions in said handle.
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Abstract
A pocket tool has a handle with a first sleeve pivotally connected at one end of the handle for pivoting the first sleeve from an inoperable position to an operable position, and a second sleeve slidably disposed in the first sleeve with 4 tool bits slidably disposed in the second sleeve and the first and second sleeves providing 3 hexagonal openings to provide a multiple drive tool, and a second tool is pivotally connected at the end of the handle for pivoting from an inoperable position to an operable position. The pocket tool is operable as a multiple drive tool or a second tool.
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11 Claims
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1. A hand tool comprising:
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a handle;
first and second pluralities of tool bits;
a first sleeve and means for pivotally connecting the first sleeve to the handle, said handle comprising spaced parallel elongated sides, said handle having opposite ends, and said means for pivotally connecting said first sleeve being disposed adjacent one of said handle ends, further comprising a second first sleeve and means for pivotally connecting said second first sleeve at the other end of the handle, said first sleeves having respective central axes, each said first sleeve comprising an inner sleeve for slidably removably nonrotatably holding one of said pluralities of tool bits, said first sleeves being pivotally connected to said handle so as to be pivoted from an inoperable position in the handle to an operable position disposed away from the handle, said first sleeves central axes being in parallel disposition in respective inoperable positions in said handle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A hand tool comprising:
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a handle;
a first tool comprising;
sleeve means comprising a first sleeve, and means for pivotally connecting the sleeve means to the handle so that the sleeve means is pivotable from an inoperable position adjacent the handle to an operable position disposed away from the handle, said handle comprising spaced parallel elongated sides, said handle having opposite ends, and said means for pivotally connecting said sleeve means being disposed adjacent one of said handle ends, said first sleeve being formed with an open end, said sleeve means further comprising a second sleeve, said second sleeve being slidably nonrotatably removably received in said first sleeve open end, tool bit members, each tool bit member having a body portion and oppositely disposed tool, bits such that said tool bit members comprise, 4 tool bits, and said first sleeve open end comprises a hexagonal opening and the second sleeve having opposite ends each comprising a hexagonal opening so that said first and second sleeves comprise 3 hexagonal openings, each tool bit member being slidably non-rotatably dispositional in each end of said second sleeve, and wherein one tool bit is operably disposed in the second sleeve when disposed in the first sleeve in the first tool operable position;
further comprising a second tool, and means for pivotally connecting said second tool at the other end of the handle, said second tool being pivotally connected to said handle so as to be pivoted from an inoperable position adjacent the handle to an operable position disposed away from the handle;
whereby the hand tool is operable as a first tool or a second tool. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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