B26B 5/001
Hand knives with one or more detachable blades: with blades being slid
Official title: {with blades being slid out of handle immediately prior to use}
B26B5/001 (Hand knives with one or more detachable blades: with blades being slid) appears on 537 US grants and 512 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26B- Granted patents
- 537
- Published applications
- 512
- Assignees
- 177
- Inventors
- 618
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2006 | 7 | 17 |
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| 2024 | 14 | 19 |
| 2025 | 10 | 16 |
| 2026 | 15 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multi-functional knife22 Sep 2026US 12,741,389 B2Ningbo Xingwei Cutting-Tools Technology Co., Ltd.
- Scraper18 Aug 2026US 12,709,032 B1Maya Technologies Limited
- Handheld cutting tool18 Aug 2026US 12,709,033 B2
- Handle holder of blade tool16 Jun 2026US 12,654,341 B2
- Knife enclosure16 Jun 2026US 12,654,343 B2
- Retractable utility knife24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284912 A1Slice Safety Cutter, Inc.
- Foam board cutter17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273784 A1
- Cutting device for cutting a strip-shaped material, in particular a tacky cord strip, and method for setting a cutting gap between an upper blade and a lower blade of a cutting device for cutting a strip-shaped material, in particular a tacky cord strip27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249500 A1Fischer Tiretech Germany GmbH
- Scraper20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241587 A1Maya Technologies Limited
- Safety cutter with blade change/storage mechanism20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241588 A1Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Double-ended dual mechanism retractable blade utility knife257US 5,960,544 A1999
- Retractable blade knife229US 4,233,734 AThe Stanley Works · 1980
- Ergonomic utility knife/box cutter and method of making121US 5,613,300 APacific Handy Cutter, Inc. · 1997
- Retractable cutting implement97US 4,005,525 AAllway Tools, Inc. · 1977
- Utility knife97US 4,936,014 AJohnson Level and Tool (Canada) Inc. · 1990