Folding multitool
The backstory
he Swiss Army knife, with its bevy of foldout blades, can openers, came along. During a road trip through Europe in the 1970s, he lamented the lack of a pocket-size pair of folding pliers to fix an unreliable Fiat. After returning to the U.S., he made it his mission to create one. By 1983, eight years and many handmade prototypes later, he finally had a design, a patent, and orders for his original . With fold-away pliers and 12 other gadgets hidden in the handles, it became a model for the modern multitool.
