Box Cutter Device

A box opener assembly comprising:

• a housing having an interior space, the housing having a front wall, a rear wall, and a peripheral wall being coupled to and extending between the front wall and the rear wall to define the interior space, the front wall and the rear wall being circular, the front wall having a diameter being equal to a diameter of the rear wall;
• a blade being positioned within the interior space of the housing, the blade being rotatably coupled to the housing wherein rotation of the blade is configured to facilitate a user in cutting an object, the blade being movably coupled to the housing wherein the blade is selectively positionable in a stored position and an exposed position, the blade having a diameter being less than a diameter of the front wall of the housing wherein the blade is fully covered by the housing when the blade is in the stored position, the blade being exposed between the front wall and the rear wall of the housing when the blade is in the exposed position, the blade being circular;
• an axle being coupled to the blade wherein the blade is rotatable about the axle, the axle extending between the front wall and the rear wall of the housing wherein the blade is rotatable along an axis being perpendicular to the front wall and the rear wall of the housing, the axle being movably positioned within the housing wherein movement of the axle moves the blade between the stored position and the exposed position;
• a handle being coupled to the housing, the handle being elongated wherein the handle is configured to facilitate the user in manipulating the blade to cut the object while the blade is in the exposed position, the handle extending outwardly from the peripheral wall of the housing, the handle including a top side, a bottom side, and a lateral side being coupled to and extending between the top side and the bottom side, the lateral side having a forward surface, a rearward surface, and a terminal surface, the terminal surface being distally positioned on the handle relative to the housing;
• a writing member being coupled to the terminal surface of the lateral side of the handle wherein the writing member is configured to facilitate the user in marking the object, the writing member being distally positioned on the handle relative to the housing, the writing member being selected from a group consisting of a marker, a highlighter, a pen, and a pencil;
• an actuator movably coupling the blade to the housing, the actuator being coupled to the handle wherein the actuator is configured to be accessible to the user while the user is holding the handle whereby the actuator is configured to facilitate the user in moving the blade between the stored position and the exposed position while the user is holding the handle, the actuator being spaced from the writing member wherein the blade is configured to be in the stored position while the user is marking the object with the writing member to inhibit the blade from injuring the user and wherein the actuator is configured to inhibit the user from mistakenly marking the object with the writing member while the user is moving the blade between the stored position and the exposed position, the actuator including:
• a panel movably coupling the axle to the handle wherein upward movement of the panel urges the blade into the stored position and wherein downward movement of the panel urges the blade into the exposed position, the panel having a housing end and a handle end, the housing end being positioned within the interior space of the housing, the axle extending through the panel proximate to the housing end, the handle end being positioned within the handle, the handle end being positioned proximate to the top side of the handle;
• a tab being coupled to and extending upwardly from the panel wherein pressure on the tab moves the panel downwardly through the housing to urge the blade into the exposed position and wherein the panel moves upwardly through the housing to retract the blade into the stored position when pressure is removed from the tab, the tab having an upper surface being exposed above the top side of the handle, the upper surface being concavely arcuate wherein the upper surface is configured to facilitate the user in exerting pressure on the tab with a thumb of the user while the user is holding the handle with a hand on which the thumb is positioned, the tab being positioned adjacent to the handle while the blade is in the stored position, the tab being positioned adjacent to the housing while the blade is in the exposed position;
• a plate being coupled to and extending downwardly from the top side of the handle toward the panel;
• an arm being coupled to and extending upwardly from the panel toward the top side of the handle, the arm being positioned proximate to the handle end of the panel wherein the arm is spaced from the plate and wherein the plate is positioned between the arm and the tab, the arm being statically coupled to the panel;
• a beam being coupled to the arm, the beam extending between the arm and the plate, the beam being statically coupled to the arm and movably coupled to the plate wherein downward movement of the panel slides the beam through the plate to move the arm toward the plate;
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• a spring being coupled to the beam, the spring being compressed when the arm is moved toward the plate, the spring being biased to expand wherein the spring urges the arm away from the plate when pressure is removed from the tab whereby the spring urges the panel upwardly to move the blade into the stored position when pressure is removed from the tab;
• a slot extending through the peripheral wall of the housing into the interior space, the slot having a width exceeding a width of the blade wherein the blade moves through slot when the blade is moved between the stored position and the exposed position, the slot being positioned proximate to the bottom side of the handle wherein the blade extends downwardly through the slot relative to the handle when the blade is moved into the exposed position, the axle being spaced from the slot by a first distance when the blade is in the stored position, the axle being spaced from the slot by a second distance when the blade is in the exposed position, the first distance exceeding the second distance;
• a cap being removably couplable to the writing member wherein the cap fully covers the writing member while the cap is coupled to the writing member, the writing member being fully exposed when the cap is decoupled from the writing member;
• a tether coupling the cap to the handle wherein the tether inhibits loss of the cap while the cap is decoupled from the housing, the tether extending from the terminal surface of the lateral side of the handle;
• a well being fluidly coupled to the writing member wherein the well is configured to store a fluid being expelled by the writing member to mark the object, the well being positioned within the handle proximate to the terminal surface of the lateral side of the handle;
• a light being coupled to the handle wherein the light is configured to be actuatable to facilitate visibility of the object, the light being positioned on the bottom side of the handle wherein the light is configured to face toward the object while the user is cutting the object with the blade;
• a power source being electrically coupled to the light, the power source being positioned within the handle, the power source being a battery;
• an access door being pivotably coupled to the handle wherein the access door is openable to expose the power source, the access door being positioned on the bottom side of the handle;
• a control being electrically coupled to the power source wherein the control is actuatable to selectively actuate the light, the control being positioned on the forward surface of the lateral side of the handle wherein the control is configured to facilitate the user in actuating the light while the user is holding the handle, the control being positioned proximate to the housing;
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• a clip being coupled to the handle wherein the clip is configured to releasably engage an item to facilitate the user in storing the handle on the item, the clip being positioned on the rearward surface of the lateral side of the handle, the clip being elongated, the clip being parallel to the handle.