Appeal No. 2003-1284 Page 8
Application No. 09/887,179
The instrument is also equipped with a pair of parallel jaw pliers jaws 35 each
having a nose and 36 and a shank end 37. The nose ends may be of needle nose
shape as shown or any other desired shape within the obvious constraints imposed by
other parts of the instrument. The shank ends 37 are of channel shape to close
over and slidingly receive the jaws of the cross-jaw pliers 22. Each parallel jaw nose
end 36 contains a cavity or pocket 40 to receive the nose end 23 of a jaw of the
cross-jaw pliers 22, the bases of the pockets 40 having cam surfaces 41 which are
slidably engaged by the gripping edges 29 of the cross-jaws pliers. The close fit
between the insides of the cavities 40 and the outsides of nose ends 23 of the cross
jaw pliers prevents lateral motion of the parallel jaws 35.
As shown in Figure 2, a pivot pin 70 mounted in side flanges 14 at the free end
13 of handle 10 provides pivotal mounting means for other tools such as a knife blade
71, an awl 72, a large screwdriver bit 73, scissors 74, and spacer 98 (see Figure 3).
The spacer 98 may be made of grindstone material suitable for sharpening fish
hooks. Similarly, in the other handle 11 a pivot pin 75 mounts a saw/file blade 76, a
small screwdriver bit 77, a medium screwdriver bit 99, a can and bottle opener 78, and
a Phillips screwdriver bit 79 permanently magnetized to hold a screw thereon. Each
tool is provided with a fingernail grip 80 for opening the tool or jaw out of its handle
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