Patent ID: 11945089
Assignee: THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B  E

Claim 12:
13. A tool, comprising:
a plate having a first end, a second end opposite thereto, a length between the first end and the second end, and a thickness, the first end forming a front end of a blade portion and the second end forming a rear end of a tang portion, wherein the plate extends along a plane from the first end to the second end;
a body formed to surround the tang portion, wherein the body includes a front face, a rear face opposite the front face and generally parallel to the plane, a first side extending between the front face and the rear face, and a second side opposite the first side;
wherein the body further comprises a slot compartment defined at least partially by a front wall arranged parallel to the first plane and a rear wall arranged parallel to the first plane and spaced apart from the front wall by a slot thickness, wherein the slot compartment includes an opening in the first side of the body, and wherein the slot compartment is configured to receive a second tool and at least partially conceal the second tool within the body between the front face and the rear face, and the slot compartment has a length extending in the direction from the first end to the second end and a depth that is orthogonal to the length, wherein the depth extends into the body from the first side towards the second side;
wherein the slot compartment further comprises a wedge member that includes a planar surface extending along a portion of one of the front wall or the rear wall of the slot compartment, wherein the wedge member has a first thickness proximate to the opening of the slot compartment and a second thickness proximate to an interior of the slot compartment, wherein the second thickness is greater than the first thickness, and the wedge member reduces the slot thickness between the front wall and rear wall of the slot compartment, and the wedge member is configured to facilitate maintaining a position of the second tool when stored within the slot compartment; and
wherein the body further comprises a thumb notch, the thumb notch being a curved cutout beginning at a perimeter of the opening along the length of the slot compartment in the first side, and extending into the front face and the front wall along the depth of the slot compartment.