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U. S. Design Patent No. 452,037 issued December 11, 2001 to Andrew W. Smith of

Pascoag, Rhode Island and assigned to Colibri Corporation, Providence, Rhode Island.

Filed June 20, 2001.

A group of guys filed for a

patent on May 29, 2001 and

were granted U. S. Patent No.

7,125,145 on October 24, 2006

after over a five year wait. The

inventors are from New York

State and the patent was

assigned to Taylor Cutlery of

Kingsport, Tennessee. Their

ultimate

―

survival tool

‖

is

designed to include such items

as a mechanical compass, a

multi-function electronic device with a digital watch with stopwatch and alarm, a

digital compass, a digital thermometer, a digital barometer, a digital altimeter, a stud-

finder, a global positioning system receiver, a range finder and calculator, a wireless

telephone, a radio transmitter/transponder, a belt clip, a flashlight, a knife, a

screwdriver, a saw blade a can opener, a corkscrew, a scissors, a lanyard coupling, and

an opening adapted to fit a conventional disposable lighter. How can one live without

it?