Assisted opening and closing knife with lock

A knife, comprising:

• a handle;
• a blade rotatably coupled to the handle and manipulatable between a closed position and an open position;
• a locking assembly including an omega spring that is configured to apply a biasing force to assist in locking the blade in the closed position or the open position, wherein the omega spring is positioned on one side of the knife, and the locking assembly further including a supplemental omega spring that is positioned on an opposing side of the knife;
• and
• a torsion bar configured to provide assisted opening of the blade toward the open position at least during a portion of blade travel,
• wherein the omega spring is positioned in the handle at a location that is offset longitudinally from the torsion bar, and
• wherein the supplemental omega spring is positioned in the handle at a location that is offset longitudinally from the omega spring.

A knife, comprising:

• a handle;
• a blade rotatably coupled to the handle and manipulatable between a closed position and an open position;
• a locking assembly including an omega spring that is configured to apply a biasing force to assist in locking the blade in the closed position or the open position;
• a torsion bar configured to provide assisted opening of the blade toward the open position at least during a portion of blade travel,
• wherein the omega spring is positioned in the handle at a location that is offset longitudinally from the torsion bar, and
• wherein the handle includes an internal pocket and a divider extending at least partially through the internal pocket to separate the internal pocket into a proximal portion and a distal portion, the torsion bar being received in the proximal portion of the internal pocket and the omega spring being received in the distal portion of the internal pocket with the divider located between the torsion bar and the omega spring.

A knife, comprising:

• a handle;
• a blade rotatably coupled to the handle and manipulatable between a closed position and an open position;
• a locking assembly including a lock pin, an omega spring and a transfer bar coupled between the lock pin and the omega spring on one side of the knife;
• and
• a torsion bar configured to provide assisted opening of the blade from the closed position to the open position,
• wherein the transfer bar extends longitudinally beyond the torsion bar to interact with the omega spring in a location aft the torsion bar, and
• wherein the locking assembly further includes a supplemental omega spring on an opposing side of the knife, the supplemental omega spring being located closer to a pivot axis of the blade than the omega spring is to the pivot axis of the blade.

A knife, comprising:

• a handle;
• a blade rotatably coupled to the handle and manipulatable between a closed position and an open position;
• a locking assembly including a lock pin, an omega spring and a transfer bar coupled between the lock pin and the omega spring on one side of the knife;
• and
• a torsion bar configured to provide assisted opening of the blade from the closed position to the open position,
• wherein the transfer bar extends longitudinally beyond the torsion bar to interact with the omega spring in a location aft the torsion bar, and
• wherein the handle includes an internal pocket and a divider between the torsion bar and the omega spring, and the divider separates the internal pocket into a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a transfer portion extending between and in communication with both the proximal portion and the distal portion, the torsion bar being received in the proximal portion of the internal pocket and the omega spring being received in the distal portion of the internal pocket, and the transfer bar extending through the transfer portion with movement of the transfer bar guided, at least in part, by the divider.