Patent ID: 7604033
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: B29C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A multi-purpose hand tool for applying films to surfaces, comprising: a roughly rectangular shaped hand tool body, having a top side, a bottom side, a rear side, and a protruding center on one side, with four rounded corners, comfortably fitting in the adult human hand, having two parallel sides perpendicular to the rear side of said hand tool, and each of said two parallel sides running from one rounded corner at the rear side of said hand tool to the rounded base of each of two angled front sides of said hand tool, each of said angled front sides running in a forward angled direction from one of said rounded corners of said parallel sides to a convergent point in the protruding center of the front side of said hand tool; two sets of raised ridges, one set of raised ridges on the top side and one set of raised ridges on the bottom side of said hand tool body, and each raised ridge of a set of two raised ridges being offset to either side of the center of said hand tool body and each said raised ridge being rounded on top, running from the back of said hand tool body, and running parallel with the said two parallel sides of said hand tool body, and terminating at each of said angled front sides of said hand tool body; said hand tool body being thickest between and inclusive of said two sets of raised ridges and running from the rear side along the center of said hand tool body, and tapering along a gradual smooth angle from the outside raised ridge of each of said set of two raised ridges, to each of the respective said two parallel sides, forming working edges along said two parallel sides; said hand tool body being the thickest between and inclusive of said two sets of raised ridges and running from the rear side along the center of said hand tool body, and tapering near the front of said hand tool body to each of said angled front sides of said hand tool body, forming working edges along said two angled sides; and said hand tool body incorporating into said thickest portion of said hand tool body, a straight segmented knife blade, extending from the blade stop tab mounted at the rear side of said hand tool body, and running along the center of said hand tool body, said knife blade having adjustable notches, said knife blade having a tool adjustment tab, said knife blade having a lock tab and said knife blade having means to extend beyond said protruding center point of said two front angled sides.