Craft knife handle
AssigneeSlice, Inc.
InventorsThomas John Scimone, Scot Herbst, William Whitfield Hunter
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Abstract
A handle for a craft knife that is configured to securely hold a cutting blade by forming a friction fit with the cutting blade and without engaging with a hole or notch in the cutting blade. The craft knife handle includes a blade slot recess that is formed with a ridge or tapered section that is adapted to abut with the edges of the cutting blade that are inserted into the blade slot. The craft knife handle also includes a collar that engages with the handle body of the craft knife handle to secure the cutting blade within the blade slot. The craft knife handle may also incorporate a no-roll design with at least one facet of the handle being flat.
Claims20
A craft knife handle comprising:
- a handle body formed as a single continuous unit and comprising a front segment formed with a blade slot, a middle segment formed with a collar engagement means, and a rear segment formed with at least one flat facet, wherein said blade slot extends through said front segment and terminates as a blade slot recess that is formed as an indentation in said middle segment that tapers down in height as said blade slot recess extends into said middle segment;
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- a handle collar formed as a tube with a handle body engagement means on an interior portion of said handle collar.
A craft knife handle comprising:
- a handle body formed as a single continuous unit and comprising a front segment formed with a blade slot, a middle segment formed with a collar engagement means, and a rear segment formed with at least one flat facet, wherein said blade slot extends through said front segment and terminates as a blade slot recess that is formed as an indentation in said middle segment that tapers down in height as said blade slot recess extends into said middle segment;
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- a handle collar formed as a tube with a handle body engagement means on an interior portion of said handle collar, wherein a front tip of said interior portion of said handle collar has sloped segment connecting between a first interior diameter segment and a second interior diameter segment.
A craft knife handle comprising:
- a handle body formed as a single continuous unit and comprising a front segment formed with a blade slot, a middle segment formed with a collar engagement means, and a rear segment formed with at least one flat facet, wherein said blade slot extends through said front segment and terminates as a blade slot recess that is formed as an indentation in said middle segment that tapers down in height as said blade slot recess extends into said middle segment;
- a handle collar formed as a tube with a handle body engagement means on an interior portion of said handle collar;
- a safety cap that is configured to slide over and engage with either end of said handle body via a friction fit;
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- a cutting blade that is inserted into said blade slot and secured in said blade slot by said handle collar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.