US 2021/0197343 A1Published application

Sharpening device

AssigneeAOB Products Company

InventorsDennis W. Cauley, JR., James Tayon, Anthony Vesich, Matthew Kinamore, Curtis Smith, Josh Neville, Mark Dalton

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Abstract

A sharpening device, components thereof, and associated methods. The sharpening device includes a sharpening assembly and a housing. The sharpening assembly is selectively receivable in the housing in a stowed configuration and supportable by the housing in an operational configuration to support the sharpening assembly for sharpening a blade. The sharpening assembly can include first and second arms having respective abrasive sharpening surfaces pivotable away from each other about a pivot connection.

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Dependent claims

A blade sharpening device for sharpening a blade, the sharpening device comprising:

a first support including a first arm, a second arm, and a first pivot hub, the first and second arms extending away from the first pivot hub in different directions, the first and second arms including respective first and second abrasive sharpening surfaces for sharpening the blade;
a second support including a third arm, a fourth arm, and a second pivot hub, the third and fourth arms extending away from the second pivot hub in different directions, the third and fourth arms including respective third and fourth abrasive sharpening surfaces for sharpening the blade;
a pivot connection connecting the first and second pivot hubs, the first and second supports being pivotable about the pivot connection to pivot the first and second arms away from each other and pivot the third and fourth arms away from each other to configure the first and second supports in an operational configuration for use in sharpening the blade.

A blade sharpening device for sharpening a blade, the blade sharpening device comprising:

a housing defining an interior, the housing including an opening permitting access to the interior, the housing including at least one receiver different from the opening;
a blade sharpening assembly, the blade sharpening assembly including first and second arms connected by a pivot connection about which the first arm is pivotable with respect to the second arm, the first and second arms including respective first and second abrasive sharpening surfaces for sharpening the blade, the blade sharpening assembly being configurable in a stowed configuration in which the arms extend alongside each other, and the blade sharpening assembly being configurable in an operational configuration in which the arms are pivoted away from each other to present the abrasive sharpening surfaces for use in sharpening the blade, the blade sharpening assembly in the stowed configuration being receivable in the interior of the housing from the opening to arrange the housing and blade sharpening assembly in a stowed arrangement, the blade sharpening assembly in the operational configuration being receivable in the at least one receiver to arrange the housing and blade sharpening assembly in an operational arrangement in which the housing serves as a base to support the blade sharpening assembly extending upward from the housing for use of the first and second abrasive sharpening surfaces to sharpen the blade.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.