Prep tool

• Main Authors: GAURAV, Sharad, MULROY, Sarah Bridget, GOODWIN, Edward Ray, BOSS, Randi, ROBERTSON, Joshua R, LEVAND, Victor J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.09.2024
• Subjects: HAND TOOLS; HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS; MANIPULATORS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

013721-000090 The present invention relates to a tool. The tool comprises: a plate having a first end, a second end opposite thereto, a length between the first end and the second end, and a thickness, the plate extending along a plane from the first end to the second end. A body is formed to surround a portion of the plate. The body has a front face, a rear face opposite the front face and generally parallel to the plane, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a slot compartment defined at least partially by a front wall arranged parallel to the plane and a rear wall arranged parallel to the plane and spaced apart from the front wall by a slot thickness. The slot compartment is configured to receive a second tool and at least partially conceal the second tool within the body between the front face and the rear face, and the slot compartment has an opening in the first side of the body, a length extending in the direction from the first end to the second end, and a depth extending from the first side towards the second side. The slot compartment further includes a wedge member that includes a planar surface extending along a portion of one of the front wall or the rear wall of the slot compartment, and reduces the slot thickness between the front wall and rear wall of the slot compartment, and the wedge member is configured to facilitate maintaining a position of the second tool when stored within the slot compartment. Figure 1 100--,, 102 106 4 108 --- --- - MEMEM, i6l, IN m IN -WOMMEN 111MEM,