Locking foldable knife with double locking mechanism
AssigneeGood Sportsman Marketing, LLC
InventorsDillon Douglas, Thomas Rucci
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Abstract
A locking foldable knife comprises a locking assembly that reliably locks a blade in an extended and folded position. The locking assembly utilizes the surface area of a shaped peripheral edge at a second end of a blade, together with, confirming structures of a locking bar, and one or more stops to reliably lock a blade in an extended position. The locking foldable knife may be doubly secured with a switch lock that prevents inadvertent unlocking.
Claims20
A locking foldable knife comprising:
- a blade having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end comprises one or more cutting edges and the second end comprises a shaped periphery, the shaped periphery comprising a plurality of locking edges and at least one interstitial edge therebetween;
- a handle, wherein the blade is rotatably mounted to the handle at its second end;
- a stop secured to the handle;
- a locking bar comprising a notched portion and being movable along an axis between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein a portion of the locking bar at a distal end of the locking bar is received between at least one of the plurality of locking edges and the stop when the locking bar is in the extended position, wherein the locking bar is disengaged from the plurality of locking edges when the locking bar is in the retracted position;
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- a lock movable between a locked position and an unlocked position relative to the locking bar, wherein a portion of the lock is received within the notched portion when the lock is in the locked position, wherein the lock is disengaged from the notched portion when the lock is in the unlocked position.
A locking assembly for a foldable knife comprising a handle and a blade, the locking assembly comprising:
- one or more stops secured to the handle;
- a locking bar comprising a notched portion and being movable along an axis between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the handle, wherein the locking bar engages a portion of the blade and the one or more stops when the locking bar is in the extended position, wherein the locking bar is disengaged from at least one of the one or more stops when the locking bar is in the retracted position;
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- a lock movable between a locked position and an unlocked position relative to the locking bar, wherein a portion of the lock is received within the notched portion when the lock is in the locked position, wherein the lock is disengaged from the notched portion when the lock is in the unlocked position.
A locking foldable knife comprising:
- a handle having a stop;
- a blade having an end rotatably mounted to the handle, the end of the blade defining locking edges;
- a locking bar being movable on the handle along an axis between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the stop of the handle and the end of the blade, the locking bar having a distal end and defining a notch, the distal end of the locking bar being engaged between one of the locking edges and the stop in response to the locking bar being in the extended position, the distal end of the locking bar being disengaged from the locking edges in response to the locking bar being in the retracted position;
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- a lock being movable on the handle between a locked position and an unlocked position relative to the locking bar, the lock being engaged with the notch in response to the locking bar being in the extended position and the lock being in the locked position, the lock being disengaged from the notch at least in response to the lock being in the unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.