Provided is a removable safety-locking device or safety clip for use with multifunctional tools in a car functioning as a cigarette lighter socket adapter, safety hammer and cutter. The safety-locking device has a flexible clip body that engages with the multifunctional tool to prevent accidental firing of the safety hammer or accidental injury or cutting by the cutter or blade. The flexible clip body has a substantially semicircular downwardly depending pair of arms and a knife-block formed at and extending from an apex of the pair of arms.

A protective device and a method of transmitting an alert from the device, in which the protective device is handheld and includes a flexible sheath disposed between an upper member and a lower member. When the device is compressed, elongated defensive components protrude through openings in the upper member. In some cases, the upper member also includes protruding portions extending upward from the upper member and/or an arm portion extending outward to a side of the device. A signal alert may be automatically transmitted upon device compression.

A multitool survival device, including a main body, a glass breaker disposed on at least a portion of the main body to shatter at least a portion of a glass surface in response to moving the glass breaker against the glass surface, a seatbelt cutter disposed on at least a portion of the main body to cut a seatbelt of a vehicle in response to moving the seatbelt cutter against the seatbelt, a compass disposed on at least a portion of the main body to display a direction thereon with respect to a geographic cardinal direction; a lachrymatory agent spray disposed on at least a portion of the main body to dispense a lachrymatory agent therefrom; a light disposed on at least a portion of the main body to illuminate a surrounding area of the main body; and a blade movably disposed on at least a portion of the main body to move from retracted within the main body in a first position to at least partially extended away from the main body in a second position, and move from extended away from the main body in the second position to retracted within the main body in the first position.

A tool having a detectable wireless marker or tag is provided. The tool has a working portion with a projection or tang by which the working portion of the tool is held, a wireless tag located on, but insulated from the tang, and a handle disposed over and encompassing the projection or tang and the wireless tag. In an exemplary embodiment, the wireless tag is insulated from the tang using a housing assembly made up of an inner holder, an outer holder, and the detectable wireless tag positioned between the inner and outer holders. The invention allows for the use of fragile markers or tags, which are protected by the housing assembly from temperatures and pressures used during, for example, tool handle manufacturing processes. Also provided is a method for providing a tool with a detectable wireless tag, and a method for tracking and tracing tools used within a packaging facility.

A cutting hand tool with a pressure indicating means with a sensor which is actuated when the cutting edge is forced onto a material, a processing means receiving a signal from said sensor and sending a signal to a notification means indicating the pressure as soon as a predefined condition is met.

A bracelet or flexible band comprised of a flexible member that on one end is interconnected to a knife and on another end, is connected to a sheath that selectively receives the knife in the locking fashion. When needed, the knife is rotated within the sheath to facilitate release thereof from a lock that is integral with the sheath. Once removed from the sheath, the knife can be used for self-defense, cutting rope or cord in an emergency situation, or for general utility cutting tasks.

A tool having a detectable wireless marker or tag is provided. The tool has a working portion with a projection or tang by which the working portion of the tool is held, a wireless tag located on, but insulated from the tang, and a handle disposed over and encompassing the projection or tang and the wireless tag. In an exemplary embodiment, the wireless tag is insulated from the tang using a housing assembly made up of an inner holder, an outer holder, and the detectable wireless tag positioned between the inner and outer holders. The invention allows for the use of fragile markers or tags, which are protected by the housing assembly from temperatures and pressures used during, for example, tool handle manufacturing processes. Also provided is a method for providing a tool with a detectable wireless tag, and a method for tracking and tracing tools used within a packaging facility.

A knife assembly includes a handle having a first and second handle portion each extending in spaced relationship with one another between a first and second knife end to define a working gap. A knife blade is pivotably secured to the second knife end and pivotable between a closed and engaged position. A switch button is interconnected to the handle for releasing the knife blade from the closed or engaged positions. A spacer is disposed within the working gap and extends between the first and second handle portions. A vial of tritium is housed within the switch button for allowing tritium produced by the tritium vial to be viewable by a user of the knife assembly.

A folding knife is provided with a power storage device that can be charged and recharged by a charge component that wirelessly receives power from a remote source. In some embodiments, the folding knife can have a device that consumes energy such as a light, a camera, a microphone, an audio speaker, a display, etc. The power storage device and the charge component can be positioned in a scale of the handle where the substantially planar shapes of the scale, the power storage device, and the charge component are oriented in a common direction. In some embodiments, the cavities, recesses, and channels in the first scale that house these components and linking wires are strategically positioned to leave a reinforcing area that provides strength and stiffness to the handle. Various features also described improve safety of the charging system and provide connectivity with external computing systems and electronic devices.

A folding knife is provided with a power storage device that can be charged and recharged by a charge component that wirelessly receives power from a remote source. In some embodiments, the folding knife can have a device that consumes energy such as a light, a camera, a microphone, an audio speaker, a display, etc. The power storage device and the charge component can be positioned in a scale of the handle where the substantially planar shapes of the scale, the power storage device, and the charge component are oriented in a common direction. In some embodiments, the cavities, recesses, and channels in the first scale that house these components and linking wires are strategically positioned to leave a reinforcing area that provides strength and stiffness to the handle. Various features also described improve safety of the charging system and provide connectivity with external computing systems and electronic devices.