Patent ID: 7340836

Claim:
A hand tool for measuring and cutting comprising; a mount including a handle portion and a head portion, a linear path formed therein between a terminus in said handle portion and an opening from said head portion, a tape measure blade receiving slot defined in said head portion and oriented so that said slot and said linear path are substantially coplanar; a saw blade pivotably connected at said handle portion of said mount; a cam operatively held in said handle portion of said mount and cooperative with said saw blade at one part and having an accessible part extending through said mount, operation of said cam required for release of said saw blade from securement at either a stored orientation or a fully extended orientation; and a knife blade shuttle selectively movable along said linear path formed in said mount between said terminus and said opening, said knife blade shuttle including a manipulable portion accessible through said handle portion of said mount for slidably moving said shuttle along said linear path and for selectively engaging said accessible part of said cam for operating said cam.