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US 2006/0185172 A1Published application
Utility knife
AssigneeFiskars Brands, Inc.
InventorsRobert Marshall, Jeremy Knopow, Kevin Schmidt, Chris DeSchamp
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Abstract
A knife system including a mechanism for automatically advancing a cutting blade. The knife system includes a click mechanism that a user is capable of selectively actuating. Each actuation of the click mechanism causes the cutting blade to become either exposed or unexposed. The knife system also includes a break off mechanism that aids a user in removing individual blade segments from the cutting blade.
Claims20
A knife having a retractable blade, comprising:
- a housing having a first body portion and a second body portion;
- a blade positioned between the first body portion and the second body portion and extendable through an opening in a first end of the housing;
- a blade advance biasing member operatively connected to the blade;
- and
- a click assembly body including a knob positioned outside of the housing at a first end opposite the blade, the click assembly body coupled to the blade advance biasing member,
- wherein movement of the click assembly body within the housing results in a corresponding movement of the blade.
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A knife assembly comprising
- a housing having a first body portion and a second body portion;
- a blade positioned between the first portion and the second portion and extendable through an opening in a first end of the housing;
- a blade advance biasing member operatively connected to the blade;
- a blade break off portion configured to engage the blade for removal of at least one of a plurality of blade segments of the blade;
- a click assembly body slidably positioned within the housing;
- and
- a knob operatively connected to the click assembly body,
- wherein movement of the knob results in a corresponding movement of the click assembly body.
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A knife assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first body portion and a second body portion;
- a blade positioned between the first portion and the second portion and extendable through an opening in a first end of the housing;
- a blade advance biasing assembly operatively connected to the blade;
- a click assembly body having a knob positioned outside of the housing at a first end opposite the blade, the click assembly body coupled to the blade advance biasing assembly;
- and
- a catch member at least partially disposed along a side of the housing, the catch member configured to releasably engage a groove on the click assembly body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.