Patent ID: 8448545

Claim:
A collapsible multi-tool for use in replacing a tire of a vehicle, comprising: an elongate tool body including a first end including a curved chisel surface for use in removing a hubcap, an oppositely disposed second end including a ratchet drive head to which a selected socket is attachable for use in removing lug nuts, and a central portion disposed between the opposite first and second ends; the central portion being hingedly connected to the first end of the tool body at one end of the central portion and an opposite end of the central portion also being hingedly connected to the second end of the tool body such that the first and second ends of the tool body may be folded so as to assume a compact configuration; and first and second mating sliding sleeves disposed over the first and second ends of the tool body, respectively, such that the mating sliding sleeves may be slid matingly towards one another so that one sliding sleeve is received within a flared end of the other sliding sleeve such that the central portion of the tool body as well as at least portions of the first and second ends are covered by the sliding sleeves so as to aid in locking the tool body in a linear, non-collapsed configuration.