# US 11,076,738 B2 · Cutting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,076,738 B2 - Document ID: US11076738B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/565,677 - Filed: 2019-09-10 - Published: 2020-04-09 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-09 - Assignees: Slice, Inc. - Applicants: Slice, Inc. - Inventors: Thomas Scimone; Scot Herbst; Robert Joseph Gallegos - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11076738B2 ## CPC - A47L 13/08: with scraping blades - B26B 5/001: {with blades being slid out of handle immediately prior to use} - B44D 3/164: {comprising blades} - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H) - B44D: PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES (surface treatment in general, see the relevant places, e.g. applying liquids or other fluent materials B05) ## Abstract A cutting device is disclosed. The cutting device has a housing, a cutting assembly that is movably disposed in the housing, the cutting assembly including a body member, an actuating member, and a first urging member that is configured to urge the actuating member away from the body member, from an inner position toward an outer position relative to the body member, by applying a first urging force, and a second urging member that is configured to urge the cutting assembly to retract within the housing by applying a second urging force that urges the actuating member to move from an extended position toward a retracted position relative to the housing. The housing includes at least one recess. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cutting device, comprising: a housing; a cutting assembly that is movably disposed in the housing, the cutting assembly including a body member, an actuating member, and a first urging member that is configured to urge the actuating member away from the body member, from an inner position toward an outer position relative to the body member, by applying a first urging force; and a second urging member that is configured to urge the cutting assembly to retract within the housing by applying a second urging force that urges the actuating member to move from an extended position toward a retracted position relative to the housing; wherein the housing includes at least one recess; wherein the actuating member includes at least one protrusion that is selectively receivable in the at least one recess when the actuating member is in both the extended position relative to the housing and the inner position relative to the body member; wherein the first urging member is disposed between the actuating member and the body member, and wherein the first urging force is less than the second urging force. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cutting device of claim 1, wherein the first urging force is less than half of the second urging force. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cutting device of claim 1, wherein the first urging force is in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a direction of the second urging force. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cutting device of claim 1, wherein the at least one recess is formed by a plurality of wall portions, and at least one of the plurality of wall portions blocks the at least one protrusion from moving toward the retracted position relative to the housing when the at least one protrusion is received in the at least one recess. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cutting device of claim 4, wherein: when the at least one protrusion is received in the at least one recess, the actuating member is movable toward the outer position relative to the body member but is not movable toward the retracted position relative to the housing; and the at least one protrusion extends from the actuating member in a direction perpendicular to both a first urging direction of the first urging force and a second urging direction of the second urging force. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cutting device of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member that is removably attachable to the first housing member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cutting device of claim 6, further comprising a locking assembly that selectively locks the first housing member to the second housing member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The cutting device of claim 1, wherein the at least one protrusion includes two protrusions that are selectively receivable, respectively, in the at least one recess that includes two recesses. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The cutting device of claim 1, further comprising a cutting member including Zirconium Oxide that is removably attachable to the cutting assembly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The cutting device of claim 1, wherein the first urging force is less than three-quarters of the second urging force. ### Claim 11 A method, comprising: movably disposing a cutting assembly in a housing, the cutting assembly including an actuating member and a body member; urging the actuating member away from the body member via an urging member, from an inner position toward an outer position relative to the body member, by applying a first urging force via the urging member; urging the cutting assembly to retract within the housing by applying a second urging force that urges the actuating member to move from an extended position toward a retracted position relative to the housing; applying a moving force that is greater than the second urging force to move the actuating member to the extended position relative to the housing; when the actuating member is in the extended position relative to the housing, applying an inward force that is greater than the first urging force to move the actuating member to the inner position relative to the body member; and when the actuating member is in both the extended position relative to the housing and the inner position relative to the body member, removing the moving force while maintaining the inward force and using a portion of the housing to block movement of the actuating member toward the retracted position relative to the housing; separating the actuating member from the body member using the urging member, and wherein the first urging force is less than the second urging force. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising, when the actuating member is in both the extended position relative to the housing and the inner position relative to the body member, removing both the moving force and the inward force so that the actuating member moves to the outer position relative to the body member and to the retracted position relative to the housing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first urging force is less than one-half of the second urging force. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the actuating member is maintained in both the extended position relative to the housing and the inner position relative to the body member by removing the moving force and maintaining the inward force that is both greater than the first urging force and applied in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the second urging force. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the actuating member moves to the retracted position relative to the housing and the outer position relative to the body member when both of the moving force and the inward force are removed.