Multifunctional pocket tool
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1. A multifunctional pocket tool, comprising:
- two lateral sides, serving as a handle for the tool, an interior space being defined between said two lateral sides;
a magazine lid movable between a closed position that covers at least a portion of the interior space and an open position; and
a plurality of removable implements accessible when the magazine lid is in the open position;
wherein the magazine lid defines accommodations having shapes corresponding to shapes of the removable implements so as to keep the removable implements in place.
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Abstract
Multifunctional knife/cutting pliers comprising two lateral sides serving as a handle for the tool and surrounding an interior space. At least one other implement is disposed in this interior space so as to pivot about a transverse axis connecting the two lateral sides.
The knife/cutting pliers further comprises a plurality of removable implements to which the user can have access by lifting up a magazine lid over at least one portion of this interior space. The implements are held in the lid by a plurality of corresponding accommodations.
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1. A multifunctional pocket tool, comprising:
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two lateral sides, serving as a handle for the tool, an interior space being defined between said two lateral sides;
a magazine lid movable between a closed position that covers at least a portion of the interior space and an open position; and
a plurality of removable implements accessible when the magazine lid is in the open position;
wherein the magazine lid defines accommodations having shapes corresponding to shapes of the removable implements so as to keep the removable implements in place. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
and further comprising pliers that include at least one actuation handle, the at least one actuation handle of the pliers folds up over said magazine lid.
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23. A magazine lid for a multifunctional pocket tool, the pocket tool including two lateral sides, serving as a handle of the tool, an interior space defined between said sides, an aperture, and multiple removable implements received by the magazine lid, the magazine lid comprising:
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at least one flexible flange that communicates with the at least one aperture to enable the magazine lid to be fixed to, and disunited from, said pocket tool;
wherein the magazine lid defines accommodations having shapes corresponding to shapes of the removable implements so as to keep the removable implements in place. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A multifunctional pocket tool, comprising:
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two lateral sides, serving as a handle for the tool, an interior space being defined between said two lateral sides;
a magazine lid movable between a closed position that covers at least a portion of the interior space and an open position, the magazine lid defining accommodations;
a hinge at an end of the magazine lid enabling the magazine lid to pivot about a transverse axis of the pocket tool between the closed and open positions;
a plurality of removable implements accessible when the magazine lid is in the open position, the removable implements being held by the accommodations within the interior space when the magazine lid is in the closed position, the removable implements being held by the accommodations by virtue of the accommodations having shapes corresponding to shapes of the removable implements;
at least one other implement disposed between the lateral sides and being able to pivot about at least one transverse axis connecting the lateral sides;
at least one flexible back blades; and
a face of the interior space, opposite to that containing the magazine lid, being closed off by the at least one flexible back blades allowing said at least one other implement to be held in predefined positions. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A multifunctional pocket tool, comprising:
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a pair of sides that define an interior space therebetween;
a lid movable between a closed position that covers at least a portion of the interior space and an open position;
multiple accommodations defined in the interior space;
multiple removable implements accessible when the lid is in the open position, each of the removable implements being held by one of the accommodations within the interior space so as to extend obliquely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the sides, the removable implements being held by the accommodations by virtue of the accommodations having shapes corresponding to shapes of the removable implements. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. A multifunctional pocket knife, comprising:
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two lateral sides serving as a handle for the knife, the two lateral sides defining an interior space therebetween;
a plurality of first implements disposed side by side between said two lateral sides, the two lateral sides being pivotable about at least one transverse axis that intersects the two lateral sides;
a plurality of removable implements disposed parallel to each other and side by side relative to said first implements in said interior space, said removable elements being oriented obliquely with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tool, a magazine cover movable between a closed position wherein the magazine cover covers at least a portion of the interior space and an open position enabling access to the removable implements, the magazine cover being movable from the closed position to the open position by being manually lifted upwardly;
at least one flexible back blades closing off a section of said interior space opposite to another section that houses the magazine cover, the at least one flexible back blades enabling the plurality of first implements to be held in predefined positions. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46)
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47. A multifunctional pocket knife, comprising:
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two lateral sides, serving as handles for the pocket knife, the two lateral sides defining an interior space therebetween;
a hinge pivotable about an axis that is transverse to the pocket knife;
a magazine cover having an end and being integrally attached to the knife by the hinge at the end, the magazine cover being movable between an open position and a closed position wherein the magazine cover covers at least a portion of the interior space;
multiple accommodations;
multiple removable implements held by the accommodations inside said interior space by virtue of the accommodations having shapes corresponding to shapes of the removable implements;
at least one other implement disposed between said two lateral sides and pivotable about at least one transverse axis that intersects the two lateral sides; and
at least one flexible spring blades disposed at a section of the interior space opposite to another section that houses the magazine cover, the at least one flexible spring blades enabling said at least one other implement to be held in predefined positions. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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