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US 12,179,374 B2Granted
Pivoting ramped blade lock
AssigneeStanley Black & Decker, Inc.
InventorsStephen Rowlay, Ralf Strauss
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Abstract
A knife includes a handle, a neck configured to hold a blade, and a lever configured to selectively release the blade from the neck. The lever is coupled to a blade lock arm configured to extend along a side of the blade. A ramped surface pushes the blade lock arm into the blade to press the blade against a side of the neck to clamp the blade to the side of the neck when the blade lock arm is in a blade locked position.
Claims10
A knife comprising:
- a handle;
- a neck connected to the handle and configured to hold a blade;
- and
- a lever configured to selectively release the blade from the neck;
- wherein the lever is coupled to a blade lock arm configured to extend along a side of the blade;
- wherein a ramped surface of the knife pushes the blade lock arm onto the blade to press the blade against a side of the neck to clamp the blade to the side of the neck when the blade lock arm is in a blade locked position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.