Compound tools – Miscellaneous
Patent
1987-06-25
1989-02-14
Smith, James G.
Compound tools
Miscellaneous
7158, 30151, 206317, 224226, 224240, 42 115, B25F 100
Patent
active
048037451
ABSTRACT:
A knife sheath is provided including a rear side defining an upwardly opening receptacle portion for downwardly receiving therein the blade of a survival knife and a front side defining a pair of side-by-side upwardly opening compartments with one of the compartments having a plurality of aerial flares stored therein and the other compartment defining an aerial flare supporting compartment in which the base end of one of the aerial flares may be removably retentatively supported. The knife sheath defines a firing pin bore disposed immediately beneath and opening upward into the aforementioned other compartment and containing an upwardly spring biased firing pin therein for impact with a center primer portion of the base end of aerial flare retained in position thereabove. The sheath also includes an exteriorly slidably mounted trigger member operably connected to firing pin through a slot formed in the sheath and upon which downward manual digital pressure may be applied to downwardly retract the firing pin from an associated aeral flare for subsequent release and impact engagement with the flare primer.
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patent: 3760438 (1973-09-01), White
patent: 3855710 (1974-12-01), Hunden
patent: 4266357 (1981-05-01), Greenleaf
patent: 4303187 (1981-12-01), Berman
patent: 4442559 (1984-04-01), Collins
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