Leatherman is an American brand of multi-tool made by the Leatherman Tool Group of Portland, Oregon. The company was founded in July 1983 by Timothy S. Leatherman and Steve Berliner to market Leatherman's idea of a compact, easily portable hand tool combining multiple functions in one body. That same year the company sold its first multi-tool, the PST, short for Pocket Survival Tool, the product that founded the modern pliers-based multi-tool as a distinct kind of implement.
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Introduced When (Circa)Introduced in 1983 as the Pocket Survival Tool (PST), the first product sold by Tim Leatherman's company, after several years developing a prototype he called Mr. Crunch. 1 OriginTim Leatherman was inspired to design a pocketknife-with-pliers tool while traveling in Europe and the Middle East in 1975, and received his first United States patent for the resulting prototype, which he called Mr. Crunch, in 1980. 1 Introduced era (class) In the Other Atlases
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1. Leatherman (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationCompany history section, 1983 product launch sentence
After additional refinement, Leatherman's first product was introduced in 1983 as the Pocket Survival Tool (PST).
Company history section, 1975 inspiration and 1980 patent sentences
Leatherman was inspired to design a 'Boy Scout knife with pliers' while he and his wife traveled Europe and the Middle East in 1975. He spent several years perfecting the 'Mr. Crunch' prototype and received his first U.S. patent (4,238,862) in 1980.
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