Multi lock member knife blade release
AssigneeStanley Black & Decker, Inc.
InventorRalf Strauss
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AssigneeStanley Black & Decker, Inc.
InventorRalf Strauss
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A utility knife includes a housing and a slidable blade assembly configured to selectively receive a removable blade in a blade channel thereof and to slide relative to the housing, such that the removable blade is stored within the housing when the slidable blade assembly is in a retracted position, and a portion of the blade extends outwardly from the housing when the slidable blade assembly is in an extended position. The slidable blade assembly comprises a plurality of notch engaging protrusions configured to move to selectively enter the blade channel to engage one or more notches of the removable blade. The housing comprises a blade release actuator configured to move or permit movement of the plurality of notch engaging protrusions out of the blade channel to permit removal of the removable blade from the slidable blade assembly.
A blade holder assembly comprising:
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