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US 5,349,753 AGranted
One-handed knife system
OwnerPatrick Gaffneyinventor
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Abstract
A one-handed knife system in which a knife having a blade instantly deployed by pulling on the heel section thereof includes a separable tether which separates under a force greater than the force required to deploy the blade.
Claims12
A one-handed knife system comprising:
- a knife including a blade;
- means for deploying said blade including extendable means for deploying said blade upon application of a first tensile force to said extendible means;
- a separable tether including a first portion attached to said extendable means and a second portion, and means for automatically separating said second portion from said first portion upon application of a second tensile force to said tether greater than said first tensile force and for maintaining said second portion in contact with said first portion upon application of said first tensile force to said tether for allowing said blade to be deployed and for separating the tether with one hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.