Patent ID: 6082159
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A compact lock pick assembly constructed and configured for being carried in a shirt pocket comprising, in combination:a tubular handle constructed and configured to fit in a shirt pocket of a user, the tubular handle being a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the tube being constructed to define through the wall an aperture proximate the distal end of the tube;an elongate lock pick tool;a generally cylindrical lock pick tool carriermeans fastening the lock pick tool to the lock pick carrier;the lock pick carrier being slidably received in the tube for movement reciprocally from a first position proximate the proximal end of the tube at which the lock pick tool extends from the proximal end of the tube to a second position proximate the distal end of the tube at which position the lock pick tool is inside the tube;means for selectively securing the lock pick carrier proximate the proximate end of the tube and, selectively, at proximate the distal end of the tube;a generally L-shaped tension tool having a long leg and a short leg, the short leg being constructed and configured to extend through aperture proximate the distal end of the tube, the tube and the L-shaped tension tool being so configured and constructed that when the short leg of the L-shaped tension tool extends through aperture proximate the distal end of the tube the long leg of said tension tool extends approximately to the proximal end of the tube and forms a clip for securing the lock pick assembly in the user's pocket; andmeans for selectively releasing the L-shaped tension tool for use and for locking the L-shaped tension tool to the tube with the long leg thereof lying longitudinally of and adjacent to the tube thereby forming a clip for holding the lock pick assembly in a user's pocket.