Patent ID: 7415745

Claim:
A subassembly for a folding tool, comprising: (a) a first frame side member having a pair of opposite ends and having a laterally-extending support member attached thereto between said opposite ends and extending from said first frame side member on a first side thereof; (b) a tool pivot located on said first side of said first frame side member proximate a first one of said opposite ends thereof; (c) a spring-supporting element, located adjacent said first frame side member on said first side thereof, at a second one of said opposite ends thereof; (d) a first tool member having a base portion mounted on said tool pivot for pivoting movement between first and second positions with respect to said frame side member; and (e) a first elongate spring having a pair of longitudinally opposite end portions and a central portion, said central portion being engaged with and supported by said laterally-extending support member, a first one of said opposite end portions of said spring resting on said base portion of said first tool member, and the other one of said opposite end portions of said spring resting on said spring-supporting element.