Patent ID: 7305729

Claim:
A dual use hand tool apparatus comprising: a housing having a handle portion of a length fully extensive over a palmer portion of a hand when the hand firmly grips the handle portion; and integral and contiguous with the handle portion, a barrel portion; a cutting blade mounted in a blade holder, the blade holder movable so as to position the cutting blade between a retracted position within the barrel portion, and a position extending from the barrel portion; a compression wheel extending from the handle portion; a push rod movable within a longitudinal recess in the handle portion, the compression wheel engaging a distal end of the push rod and longitudinally movable therewith; and a lock lever pivotally rotational within a lock lever recess in the housing, a terminal end of the lock lever positionable against the blade holder such that with the blade holder in the extended position, the terminal end of the lock lever engages a terminal end of the blade holder thereby locking the blade holder in the extended position, an other end of the lock lever engaged with the push rod, such that movement of the push rod toward the blade holder disengages the lock lever from the blade holder thereby enabling the blade holder to withdraw into the barrel portion.