Patent ID: 7121005
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A hand held device comprising a handle, an operational member which folds into and out of a side of the handle, a control member for controlling the folding of the operational member, an arm which connects the control member to the operational member, a guide groove which is in the handle and which guides the control member over a path which causes the folding of the operational member, a first connecting formation which connects the arm to the operational member, and a second connecting formation which connects the operational member to the handle, the device being such that movement of the control member along the guide groove is done by a person's thumb without assistance from a spring and causes the folding of the operational member into and out of the side of the handle via the arm, the device being such that in its closed condition the operational member is folded into the handle and the first connecting formation is further away than the second connecting formation from a first end of the handle that is farthest from both the first and second connecting formations, and the device being such that in its open condition the operational member is folded out of the handle and the first connecting formation is nearer than the second connecting formation to the first end of the handle.