B26B 29/02
Guards or sheaths for knives
B26B29/02 (Guards or sheaths for knives) appears on 517 US grants and 485 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26B- Granted patents
- 517
- Published applications
- 485
- Assignees
- 216
- Inventors
- 766
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 16 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 |
| 2004 | 6 | 17 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14 |
| 2006 | 10 | 10 |
| 2007 | 3 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15 |
| 2009 | 9 | 21 |
| 2010 | 7 | 19 |
| 2011 | 16 | 13 |
| 2012 | 14 | 22 |
| 2013 | 12 | 23 |
| 2014 | 12 | 27 |
| 2015 | 22 | 25 |
| 2016 | 15 | 24 |
| 2017 | 22 | 24 |
| 2018 | 11 | 32 |
| 2019 | 27 | 27 |
| 2020 | 20 | 30 |
| 2021 | 23 | 22 |
| 2022 | 18 | 12 |
| 2023 | 16 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 | 20 |
| 2025 | 18 | 22 |
| 2026 | 9 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Household knife with finger ring18 Aug 2026US 12,709,031 B2Yangjiang Lici Technology Co., Ltd.
- Handheld cutting tool18 Aug 2026US 12,709,033 B2
- Knife with removable handle scales28 Jul 2026US 12,691,567 B2Magpul Industries Corp.
- Pocketknife with enhanced safety features30 Jun 2026US 12,667,987 B2
- Cutting guide for cutting fibrous or thick sheet materials12 May 2026US 12,623,366 B2
- Tethering cord assembly with removable locking pin for securing a sheath to a blade8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307284 A1Ember Crafts LLC
- Magnetic Sheath for Universal Ambidextrous Retention of Knives and Tools1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295880 A1
- Knife and sheath system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257389 A1Scabbard Knives LLC
- Safety cutter with blade change/storage mechanism20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241588 A1Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.
- Knife with storage18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166707 A1Outdoor Edge Cutlery Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fixed-blade knife with retractable blade cover144US 4,757,612 APreposreve S.A.R.L. · 1988
- Ergonomic utility knife/box cutter and method of making121US 5,613,300 APacific Handy Cutter, Inc. · 1997
- Knife with retractable sheath108US 4,523,379 ATekna · 1985
- Knife with detachable support106US 5,495,673 AImperial Schrade Corp. · 1996
- Safety utility knife96US 4,091,537 AStevenson Machine Shop · 1978