Patent ID: 6085374
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B25B,B26B

Abstract:
A wire tie removal tool comprising, in combination:a handle including a top face, a bottom face, and a pair of side faces each with a planar rectangular configuration, the handle further including a pair of arcuate end faces, a rectangular recess formed in the top face and extending to one of the end faces, a pivot post mounted between the side faces of the handle at an end of the recess, and a pair of beveled slots formed in one of the side faces adjacent to ends of the recess of the handle;a plurality of blades each having a common length, a unique width and thickness, an inboard end with a closed loop configuration pivotally coupled to the pivot post for being transferred between an employed orientation extending from the handle in collinear relationship therewith and a stored orientation situated within the recess, an outboard end with a first side of the blade being planar and a second side being angled toward the first side to define an edge at the outboard end, and a planar rectangular tab integrally coupled to a side edge of the blade adjacent to and spaced from the outboard end of the blade and extending laterally therefrom in coplanar relationship therewith; anda hook having a length greater than that of the blades, an inboard end with a closed loop configuration pivotally coupled to the pivot post between the blades and one of the side faces of the handle on which the slots are formed, a short beveled inboard portion, an elongated linear intermediate portion which remains in parallel with the handle, a short beveled outboard portion, and an outboard end with a lip extending inwardly in perpendicular relationship with the handle, wherein the hook is adapted for being transferred between an employed orientation and a stored orientation with the ends situated within the recess of the handle, the intermediate portion residing exterior of the recess of the handle and the beveled portions extending through the slots of the handle.