Patent ID: 6119561
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B25F,B25G

Abstract:
A hand tool comprising:pliers means comprising opposed jaws and opposed hand grip legs and means for pivotally connecting said jaws to open and close said jaws, said means for pivotally connecting said jaws comprising a pivot axis;one of said hand grip legs having means for pivotally connecting said one hand grip leg with one of said jaws and comprising a pivot axis;said pivot axes being transversely disposed;said other hand grip leg having means for pivotally connecting said other leg to the other of said jaws and comprising a pivot axis, said hand grip legs pivot axes being coaxially disposed with said jaws closed, said hand grip legs being in parallel disposition with each other with said jaws closed to provide a compact closed hand tool;a tool bit drive set comprising two tool bit members, each said tool bit member comprising a body portion having oppositely disposed tool bits so as to comprise 4 tool bits, with 3 of said tool bits inoperably disposed within the one said hand grip leg and 1 said tool bit operably disposed outside the one said hand grip leg;said one hand grip leg having first tool means comprising an inner sleeve of one-piece unitary construction for removably holding said tool bits, said inner sleeve non-rotatably contactingly engages the tool bits and non-rotatably contactingly engages the said one hand grip leg;said tool bit drive set further comprising 3 nut drives, one said nut drive being formed at an end of said the said one hand grip leg and the other 2 said nut drives being formed at oppositely disposed ends of said inner sleeve;said other hand grip leg having second tool means, and means for pivotally connecting said second tool means to said other hand grip leg, whereby said second tool means is pivoted from an inoperable position adjacent the other hand grip leg to an operable position disposed away from the other hand grip leg, said second tool means comprising a bladed tool;whereby the hand tool is alternatively a pliers, a bladed tool, a multiple tool bit and nut driver.