US 11,772,286 B2
Low profile pocket tool
Nathan Gregg Barr, Portland, ME (US)
Assigned to Caffeinate Labs Inc., Portland, ME (US)
Filed by Caffeinate Labs Inc., Beverly, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/811,291.
Application 15/811,291 is a continuation of application No. 14/590,980, filed on Jan. 6, 2015, granted, now 9,815,212.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/095,697, filed on Dec. 22, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/934,352, filed on Jan. 31, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2018/0065260 A1, Mar. 8, 2018
Int. Cl. B26B 1/04 (2006.01); B26B 5/00 (2006.01); A45D 24/06 (2006.01); A45D 24/08 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 1/044 (2013.01) [A45D 24/06 (2013.01); A45D 24/08 (2013.01); B26B 5/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A low profile pocket tool, comprising:
a backing plate having at least one tab having an arc length and a width; and an implement having at least one track configured and arranged to rotationally engage the at least one tab about the arc length; the implement rotationally positionable relative to the backing plate between an open position wherein said at least one tab engages the at least one track and said implement extends beyond boundaries of said backing plate, a closed position wherein said at least one tab engage the at least one track and said implement is completely within the boundaries of said backing plate, and an attachment position wherein said at least one track is rotated about said arc length to a position that rotationally disengages said at least one tab, which allows said implement to be attachable and removable from said backing plate;
wherein when rotating from the open position to the attachment position the implement passes through the closed position.