Patent ID: 8176814

Claim:
An electrical multi-tool comprising: a first arm having a posterior end and an anterior end; a second arm having a posterior end and an anterior end, said arms overlapping and secured together by a joint disposed intermediate of said anterior ends and said posterior ends, said posterior ends of said arms form handles for the electrical multi-tool; a first forming tip disposed at the anterior end of said first arm, said first forming tip comprising a first symmetrically shaped cylindrical barrel having a smooth surface and a first outer end and a second end, wherein said first forming tip having a same cross sectional diameter size for at least a majority of its length from the first outer end to the second end; a second forming tip disposed at the anterior end of said second arm, said second forming tip comprising a second symmetrically shaped cylindrical barrel having a smooth surface and a third outer end and a fourth end, wherein said second forming tip having a same cross sectional diameter size for at least a majority of its length from the third outer end to the fourth end; said first arm and said second arm defining at least one tool station in addition to wire forming performed by said first and second forming tips, wherein said at least one tool station is selected from a group consisting of a wire crimping station disposed between the joint and handles, a wire cutting station disposed between the joint and the forming tips, a wire stripping station disposed between the wire cutting station and the forming tips and a bolt cutting/shearing station disposed around the joint; wherein said first symmetrically shaped cylindrical barrel independent of said second symmetrically shaped cylindrical barrel such that the first symmetrically shaped cylindrical barrel does not contact the second symmetrically shaped cylindrical barrel when the electrical multi-tool is in an open position; wherein said second symmetrically shaped cylindrical barrel having a diameter size which is smaller than a diameter size of said first symmetrically shaped cylindrical barrel.