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A multi-purpose camping tool having components which are structured to be combined together to form a pole ladder, an ax, a trenching spade, a hoe, a grapple hook, tool devices and a saw frame. The components include a spade blade, tool heads, handle connecting elements, and a pair of elongated segm

A multi-purpose camping tool having components which are structured to be combined together to form a pole ladder, an ax, a trenching spade, a hoe, a grapple hook, tool devices and a saw frame. The components include a spade blade, tool heads, handle connecting elements, and a pair of elongated segments having a novel structure and parts which cooperate to provide these several multi-purpose tools.

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A connecting means for a plurality of pole components wherein each of said components being elongated members, and each end of each of said elongated members being longitudinally recessed to provide a cavity in the distal ends thereof, comprising: a shaft having one end thereof secured in said cavit

A connecting means for a plurality of pole components wherein each of said components being elongated members, and each end of each of said elongated members being longitudinally recessed to provide a cavity in the distal ends thereof, comprising: a shaft having one end thereof secured in said cavity in one distal end of each of said plurality of elongated members, a major part of said shaft extending exterior of said cavity and longitudinally of said elongated member, the distal end of said shaft exterior of said cavity being slotted to provide circumferentially spaced longitudinal projections, and a circumferential collar provided adjacent the base of said projections; a sleeve member rotatably mounted on said shaft, one end of said sleeve member abutting said one distal end of the elongated member and the other end of said sleeve member abutting the circumferential collar adjacent the base of said projections of said shaft, said other end of said sleeve member being threaded and provided with a circumferential collar adjacent said threaded end; a pin diametrically fixed in the other distal end of each of said plurality of elongated members extending through said cavity; and a coupling sleeve having one end thereof secured in said cavity in the other distal end of each of said plurality of elongated members by said pin, the other end of said coupling sleeve being internally threaded to threadedly receive the threaded end of said sleeve member provided on another of said plurality of elongated members, said threaded connection positioning said pin connecting said coupling sleeve in said cavity in said slot of said shaft, and abutting said other end of said coupling sleeve to said collar of said sleeve member.