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US 12,263,610 B2Granted
Safety utility blades, assemblies and methods of manufacturing
OwnerMatthew Jacobs, Jeffrey Kempker +1inventors
InventorsMatthew Jacobs, Jeffrey Kempker, Orville Crain
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to safety blades for use in utility knives, related assemblies and methods of manufacturing. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to safety blades for use in utility knives, related assemblies and methods of manufacture which limit user exposure to associated cutting edges.
Claims7
A safety cutter, comprising:
- a blade;
- a blade carrier comprising,
- a blade holder head at first end of the blade carrier,
- a first slide member extending from a second end of the blade carrier and terminating at a first slide member distal end,
- a second slide member extending from the second end of the blade carrier and terminating at a second slide member distal end, wherein the first slide member and the second slide member extend independently from the blade carrier, and
- a blade carrier release at the second end of the blade carrier, wherein the blade carrier release is a flexible member that is cantilevered between the first and second slide members and the blade carrier release is bent to be angled at an offset relative to a flat position of the first and second slide members;
- and
- a handle formed with a blade carrier securing aperture extending through a first side of the handle, wherein the blade carrier securing aperture is configured to receive a distal portion of the blade carrier release.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.