MULTI-PURPOSE TOOL

• US 20110179581A1
• Filed: 01/22/2010
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lefte, LLC
• Original Assignee: Peter Hunkele
• Inventors: Hunkele, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,281,437 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 7/118
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 11/001 of the Swiss-knife type

Abstract

A multi-purpose tool includes a tool handle and any combination of a bottle opener, a corkscrew, a zester, a lemon/lime peeler, a cutting blade and a wine bottle opener provided on the tool handle.

Claims

1. A multi-purpose tool, comprising:

a tool handle; and

any combination of the following tools carried by the tool handle;

a bottle opener, a corkscrew, a zester, a lemon/lime peeler, a cutting blade and a wine bottle opener.

2. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 further comprising a wine defoiler provided in the cutting blade.

3. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 further comprising a garnish spear provided in the cutting blade.

4. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 wherein the zester comprises a zester blade carried by the tool handle and a plurality of zester openings and a plurality of zester rims provided in the zester blade.

5. The multi-purpose tool of claim 4 further comprising a peeler cavity provided in the zester blade of the zester and a lemon/lime peeler extendable from the peeler cavity.

6. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 further comprising a corkscrew cavity provided in the tool handle and wherein the corkscrew is retractable into the corkscrew cavity.

7. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 wherein the bottle opener comprises a bottle opener frame carried by the tool handle and a bottle opener aperture extending through the bottle opener frame.

8. The multi-purpose tool of claim 1 wherein the wine bottle opener comprises an opener base carried by the tool handle and an opener blade having a blade tip and a blade protuberance carried by the opener base.

9. A multi-purpose tool, comprising:

a tool handle having opposite first and second handle sides and opposite first and second handle ends;

a zester, a cutting blade and a wine bottle opener pivotally carried by the handle at the first handle end;

a lemon/lime peeler carried by the zester;

a bottle opener carried by the tool handle at the second handle end; and

a corkscrew carried by the tool handle generally between the first and second handle ends.

10. The multi-purpose tool of claim 9 further comprising a garnish spear provided in the cutting blade.

11. The multi-purpose tool of claim 9 wherein the zester comprises a zester blade carried by the tool handle and a plurality of zester openings and a plurality of zester rims provided in the zester blade.

12. The multi-purpose tool of claim 11 further comprising a peeler cavity provided in the zester blade of the zester and wherein the lemon/lime peeler is extendable from the peeler cavity.

13. The multi-purpose tool of claim 9 further comprising a corkscrew cavity provided in the tool handle and wherein the corkscrew is retractable into the corkscrew cavity.

14. The multi-purpose tool of claim 9 wherein the bottle opener comprises a bottle opener frame carried by the tool handle and a bottle opener aperture extending through the bottle opener frame.

15. The multi-purpose tool of claim 9 wherein the wine bottle opener comprises an opener base carried by the tool handle and an opener blade having a blade tip and a blade protuberance carried by the opener base.

16. A multi-purpose tool, comprising:

a generally elongated tool handle having a pair of generally elongated and spaced-apart handle plates, a handle interior, opposite first and second handle sides and opposite first and second handle ends;

a zester having a zester blade pivotally carried by the handle at the first handle end and a plurality of zester openings and a plurality of zester rims provided in the zester blade;

a cutting blade pivotally carried by the handle at the first handle end;

a garnish spear and a wine defoiler provided in the cutting blade;

a wine bottle opener pivotally carried by the handle at the first handle end;

a peeler cavity provided in the zester blade of the zester and a lemon/lime peeler extendable from the peeler cavity;

a bottle opener carried by the tool handle at the second handle end; and

a corkscrew carried by the tool handle generally between the first and second handle ends.

17. The multi-purpose tool of claim 16 wherein the cutting blade has a first blade edge and a second blade edge generally parallel to the first blade edge and further comprising a plurality of blade serrations provided in the first blade edge and wherein the wine defoiler is provided in the second blade edge.

18. The multi-purpose tool of claim 16 wherein the peeler cavity is disposed in generally perpendicular relationship with respect to a longitudinal axis of the zester blade.

19. The multi-purpose tool of claim 16 further comprising a corkscrew cavity provided in the tool handle and wherein the corkscrew is retractable into and extendable from the corkscrew cavity.

20. The multi-purpose tool of claim 16 wherein the wine bottle opener comprises an opener base pivotally carried by the tool handle and an opener blade having a blade tip and a blade protuberance carried by the opener base.