IP Library Granted Patent US 8,713,735
Granted Patent B1
US 8,713,735 · App. 13/312,968 · Granted May 6, 2014

Compact survival tool

Inventor: Robert Young Pelton (Bonsall, CA)
Assignee: DPX Ventures Limited
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,713,735
App. No.
13/312,968
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B1
Abstract

Compact survival tool made for use in hostile environments that may include a spanner wrench, a castellated or slotted nut wrench, one or more hexagon nut wrenches each optionally having a threaded port to hold threaded accessories or for use as lashing points, bottle opener, cutting edge and/or wire strippers optionally formed in jimping, a button compass port and semi-circular faceted square/hex wrench or any combination thereof.

Claims (59)

1. A compact survival tool comprising:

a tool body having

a top face that is substantially flat,

a bottom face that is substantially flat wherein said bottom face is on an opposite side of said tool body with respect to said top face,

a tool side that couples said top face and said bottom face together;

wherein said tool side comprises

a wrench,

at least one cutting edge comprising a straight or curved cutting edge,

a first grip and a second grip on opposite sides of said tool side;

wherein said first grip or said second grip or both said first grip and said second grip comprise jimping, and wherein said jimping on each of said first grip or said second grip or on each of both said first grip and said second grip, is configured as two or more indentations of different size configured to grip wire insulation of different gauge to enable translation movement of the tool body to remove the wire insulation;

wherein said tool body comprises

a wrench indented into said top face of said tool body,

at least one hole between said top face and said bottom face configured as lashing point.

2. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said wrench in said tool side is configured as a spanner wrench.

3. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said wrench in said tool body is configured as a castellated or slotted nut wrench.

4. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said straight or curved cutting edge in said tool side extends at an angle inwardly from said bottom face to said top face along an edge of said tool side.

5. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said tool body further comprises a semi-circular indentation with a straight section configured to engage a square or hexagonal nut on one edge thereof.

6. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said at least one hole further comprises a hexagonal indentation that is configured to engage a hex nut to enable rotation of hex nut.

7. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said at least one hole further comprises a hexagonal indentation that is configured to engage a hex nut to enable rotation of hex nut and wherein said at least one hole also comprises a threaded portion configured to engage a threaded element.

8. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said tool body further comprises a bottle opener formed in said tool body as a hole in said tool body large enough to span a depth of a bottle cap and wherein said hole further comprises a bottle cap engagement lip in an inner portion of said hole.

9. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said tool body further comprises a button compass port configured to couple with a button compass.

10. The compact survival tool of claim 1 wherein said tool side is at least 4 mm deep and wherein said top face and said bottom face do not exceed 50 mm in height or width.

11. A compact survival tool comprising:

a tool body having

a top face that is substantially flat,

a bottom face that is substantially flat wherein said bottom face is on an opposite side of said tool body with respect to said top face,

a tool side that couples said top face and said bottom face together;

wherein said tool side comprises

a spanner wrench,

at least one cutting edge comprising a straight or curved cutting edge that extends at an angle inwardly from said bottom face to said top face along an edge of said tool side,

a first grip and a second grip on opposite sides of said tool side wherein each of said first grip or said second grip or each of both said first grip and said second grip comprise jimping;

wherein said jimping is configured as two or more indentations of different size configured to one wire insulation of different au e to enable translation movement of the tool body to remove the wire insulation;

wherein said tool body comprises

a castellated or slotted nut wrench indented into said top face of said tool body,

at least one hole between said top face and said bottom face configured as lashing point,

a semi-circular indentation with a straight section configured to engage a square or hexagonal nut on one edge thereof,

a bottle opener formed in said tool body as a hole in said tool body large enough to span a depth of a bottle cap.

12. The compact survival tool of claim 11 wherein said at least one hole further comprises a hexagonal indentation that is configured to engage a hex nut to enable rotation of hex nut.

13. The compact survival tool of claim 11 wherein said at least one hole further comprises a hexagonal indentation that is configured to engage a hex nut to enable rotation of hex nut and wherein said at least one hole also comprises a threaded portion configured to engage a threaded element.

14. The compact survival tool of claim 11 wherein said bottle opener further comprises a bottle cap engagement lip in an inner portion of said hole.

15. The compact survival tool of claim 11 wherein said tool body further comprises a button compass port configured to couple with a button compass.

16. The compact survival tool of claim 11 wherein said tool side is at least 4 mm deep and wherein said top face and said bottom face do not exceed 50 mm in height or width.

17. A compact survival tool comprising:

a tool body having

a top face that is substantially flat,

a bottom face that is substantially flat wherein said bottom face is on an opposite side of said tool body with respect to said top face,

a tool side that couples said top face and said bottom face together;

wherein said tool side comprises

a spanner wrench,

at least one cutting edge comprising a straight or curved cutting edge that extends at an angle inwardly from said bottom face to said top face along an edge of said tool side,

a first grip and a second grip on opposite sides of said tool side wherein each of said first grip or said second grip or each of both said first grip and said second grip comprise jimping;

wherein said jimping is configured as two or more indentations of different size configured to one wire insulation of different gauge to enable translation movement of the tool body to remove the wire insulation;

wherein said tool body comprises

a castellated or slotted nut wrench indented into said top face of said tool body,

at least one hole between said top face and said bottom face configured as lashing point and wherein said at least one hole comprises a hexagonal indentation that is configured to engage a hex nut to enable rotation of hex nut or a semi-circular indentation with a straight section configured to engage a square or hexagonal nut on one edge thereof,

a bottle opener formed in said tool body as a hole in said tool body large enough to span a depth of a bottle cap and wherein said hole optionally further comprises a bottle cap engagement lip in an inner portion of said hole,

a button compass port configured to couple with a button compass.

18. The compact survival tool of claim 17 wherein said at least one hole further comprises a threaded portion configured to engage a threaded element.

19. The compact survival tool of claim 17 wherein said tool side is at least 4 mm deep and wherein said top face and said bottom face do not exceed 50 mm in height or width.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2019
From: DPX VENTURES LIMITED
To: ADVENTURIST CORP
Reel/Frame 048460/0772 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2011
From: PELTON, ROBERT YOUNG
To: DPX VENTURES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 027346/0865 →