Folding knife with replaceable blade
AssigneeGood Sportsman Marketing, LLC
InventorsDillon Douglas, Thomas Rucci, Howard Unger
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Abstract
A folding knife with replaceable blade is movable between an extended state, a hyperextended state, and a folded state. A blade mounted to a holding assembly is replaceable when the folding knife is in the hyperextended state. The blade comprises a catch that requires a particular alignment, provided by the hyperextended state, to be inserted and removed. In this manner, the blade may not be removed from the holding assembly while in the folded and extended states.
Claims20
A folding knife comprising:
- a handle having a mount, the mount being cylindrical except for at least one planar section;
- a holding assembly rotatably mounted to the handle, wherein the holding assembly is rotatable between an extended position, a hyperextended position, and a folded position;
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- a blade mounted to the holding assembly, the blade having a catch comprising a narrowed passage terminating in a circular portion, the mount received within the catch when the blade is mounted to the holding assembly,
- wherein the narrowed passage and the at least one planar section are in alignment when the holding assembly is in the hyperextended position and are not in alignment when the holding assembly is in the extended position or the folded position, the mount being removable from the catch when the narrowed passage and the at least one planar section are in alignment and not being removable from the catch when the narrowed passage and the at least one planar section are not in alignment.
A folding knife comprising:
- a handle;
- a removable blade comprising a catch at one end, the catch comprising a narrowed passage terminating in a circular portion, the removable blade being rotatable between one or more first positions and a hyperextended position;
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- a mount having a cylindrical shape except for at least one substantially planar section, the mount received within the catch when the removable blade is mounted to the folding knife,
- wherein the narrowed passage and the at least one substantially planar section are in alignment when the removable blade is in the hyperextended position and are not in alignment when the removable blade is not in the hyperextended position, the mount being removable from the catch when the narrowed passage and the at least one substantially planar section are in alignment and not being removable from the catch when the narrowed passage and the at least one substantially planar section are not in alignment.
A method for providing a folding knife having a handle and a removable blade, the method comprising:
- providing a catch comprising a narrowed passage terminating in a circular portion at a proximal portion of the removable blade;
- providing a mount having a cylindrical structure except for at least one substantially planar section, the mount being fixed relative to the handle;
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- rotatably mounting the removable blade by receiving the mount in the circular potion of the catch, the removable blade being rotatable between one or more first positions and a hyperextended position,
- wherein the narrowed passage and the at least one substantially planar section are in alignment when the removable blade is in the hyperextended position and are not in alignment when the removable blade is not in the hyperextended position, the mount being removable from the catch when the narrowed passage and the at least one substantially planar section are in alignment and not being removable from the catch when the narrowed passage and the at least one substantially planar section are not in alignment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.