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* when collapsed for [[storage]], relatively smooth and blunt compared to the equivalent discrete tools, thus reducing frequency of [[damage]] to items stored along with it. | * when collapsed for [[storage]], relatively smooth and blunt compared to the equivalent discrete tools, thus reducing frequency of [[damage]] to items stored along with it. | ||
Some models of the Leatherman brand have a built in | Some models of the Leatherman brand have a built in safety [[Mechanism (technology)|mechanism]] that [[lock]]s selected tools in the open position when fully unfolded. Different models have various methods for unlocking the tools. In some, one of the other tools has to be partly unfolded to release the first one; if all the tools of this model were to be fully unfolded simultaneously, then an external tool might be needed to unlock them. In other models, there is an unlock [[Button (control)|button]] that allows the tool to be re-folded. | ||
The method in which the pliers are exposed is similar to that of the butterfly knife. | The method in which the pliers are exposed is similar to that of the butterfly knife. | ||
== Company history == | == Company history == | ||
The Leatherman Tool Group was founded by [[Timothy S. Leatherman]], a [[1970]] graduate of | The Leatherman Tool Group was founded by [[Timothy S. Leatherman]], a [[1970]] graduate of Oregon State University, who majored in [[mechanical engineering]]. According to a [[December 10]] [[1981]] column written by Bill Monroe in the ''[[Oregonian]]'', Leatherman came up with the idea of a "[[Scouting|Boy Scout]] knife with [[plier]]s" during a [[1975]] driving tour of Europe with his wife, when he was unable to use his [[pocket knife]] to fix his repeatedly malfunctioning car. | ||
Leatherman spent several years perfecting his [[prototype]], getting his first patent in [[1980]]. He also spent those early years refining his sales model. He originally expected that industrial companies with large staffs of technicians would be his target customer, but attempts to sell the tool to companies such as [[AT&T]] failed. It was only after following the advice of a contact at the [[Early Winters]] catalog company to simplify his product that sales began to grow. It was [[mail-order catalog]] companies such as Early Winters and [[Cabela's]] that gave Leatherman his first significant sales. | Leatherman spent several years perfecting his [[prototype]], getting his first patent in [[1980]]. He also spent those early years refining his sales model. He originally expected that industrial companies with large staffs of technicians would be his target customer, but attempts to sell the tool to companies such as [[AT&T]] failed. It was only after following the advice of a contact at the [[Early Winters]] catalog company to simplify his product that sales began to grow. It was [[mail-order catalog]] companies such as Early Winters and [[Cabela's]] that gave Leatherman his first significant sales. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* | * Gerber multitool | ||
* True Utility | * True Utility | ||
