Spring loaded locking and folding scalpel
AssigneeHawk Designs, Inc.
InventorGavin Dan HAWK
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Abstract
A foldable knife that includes a first handle, a second handle pivotably coupled to the first handle, and a blade attached to the second handle and not to the first handle. The foldable knife further includes a locking mechanism configured to secure the foldable knife in a first configuration and a second configuration. The blade is partially concealed in the first configuration and the blade is exposed in the second configuration. In the first configuration, the first handle and the second handle are disposed in parallel planes. In the second configuration, the first handle and the second handle are disposed in different parallel planes.
Claims20
A foldable knife comprising:
- a first handle;
- a second handle pivotably coupled to the first handle;
- a blade attached to the second handle and not to the first handle;
- and
- a locking mechanism configured to selectively secure the foldable knife in a first configuration and a second configuration;
- wherein the blade is partially concealed in the first configuration and the blade is exposed in the second configuration,
- wherein in the first configuration, the first handle and the second handle are disposed in parallel planes;
- and
- wherein in the second configuration, the first handle and the second handle are disposed in different parallel planes.
A foldable knife comprising:
- a first handle;
- a second handle;
- a linkage that pivotably couples the first handle to the second handle, wherein the linkage is rigidly attached to the second handle;
- a blade attached to the second handle;
- and
- a biasing locking mechanism configured to engage with the linkage to selectively secure the foldable knife in a first configuration and a second configuration;
- wherein in the first configuration, a tip of the blade is disposed within a protective sleeve attached to the first handle;
- and
- wherein in the second configuration, the tip of the blade is exposed.
A foldable knife comprising:
- a first handle having a first end and a second end;
- a second handle having a first end and a second end, the second handle pivotably coupled to the first handle at a second end of the first handle and a first end of the second handle;
- and
- a blade attached to the second end of the second handle, the blade having a cutting element;
- wherein the foldable knife is moveable between a first locked position and a second locked position;
- wherein the foldable knife in the first locked position has the cutting element of the blade oriented towards the first handle;
- and
- wherein the foldable knife in the second locked position has a stepped shape, a longitudinal distance from the second end of second handle to the first end of the first handle in the second locked position is greater than the longitudinal distance from the second end of second handle to the first end of the first handle in the first locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.