Patent ID: 9085066
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A compound multitool, comprising: a first jaw including a first clamping face and a first extension; a second jaw rotatably coupled to the first jaw by a jaw assembly pivot, the second jaw including a second clamping face and a second extension; a first handle pivotably coupled to the first extension at a first handle pivot; a second handle pivotably coupled to the second extension at a second handle pivot; a second outer handle pivotably coupled to the second handle at an outer handle pivot; a link member pivotably coupled to the first handle at a first link pivot and coupled to the second handle at a second link pivot, wherein, in an open configuration of the multitool, the first link pivot is located between the jaw assembly pivot and the first handle pivot and the second link pivot is located between the jaw assembly pivot and the second handle pivot; and a tension member attached to the first handle at a first tension attachment location, and attached to the second outer handle at a tension member pivot, a dead point axis being defined along a line extending between the first tension attachment location and the second handle pivot, wherein, in an unlocked position, the second outer handle is in a first position relative to the second handle and the tension member is positioned at a first side of the dead point axis, and, in a locked position, the second outer handle is in a second position relative to the second handle and the tension member is positioned at a second side of the dead point axis, wherein the tension member locks the compound multitool in a clamped configuration as the second outer handle rotates relative to the second handle from the first position to the second position, and the tension member pivot rotates about the outer handle pivot together with the second outer handle and is moved from the first side to the dead point axis to the second side of the dead point axis.