Safety Cutter with Blade Change/Storage Mechanism
AssigneePacific Handy Cutter, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Garavaglia, Brandon L. Spoelstra, Markus E. Gropl, Mark Marinovich
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Abstract
A cutter apparatus includes a housing and a blade holder coupled to the housing, wherein the housing includes a distal portion (e.g., a blade storage compartment) that is both slidably and pivotally coupled to portions of the housing and configured to serve as a cover for the blade holder. The cutter apparatus can also include a cover release device configured to facilitate repositioning the cover between a locked position at which the cover is secured to the housing and a released position at which at least a portion of the cover is free to pivotally reposition away from the housing providing access to the blade holder.
Claims64
A cutter apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a blade holder coupled to the housing;
- wherein the housing includes a distal portion that is both slidably and pivotally coupled to portions of the housing and configured to serve as a cover for the blade holder.
A cutter apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade holder coupled to the housing;
- a cover for the blade holder, the cover being coupled to and repositionable in relation to the housing;
- and
- a cover release device configured to facilitate repositioning the cover between a locked position at which the cover is secured to the housing and a released position at which at least a portion of the cover is free to pivotally reposition away from the housing providing access to the blade holder.
A cutter apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade holder coupled to the housing;
- and
- a blade storage compartment configured to serve as a cover for the blade holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.