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US 5,495,673 AGranted
Knife with detachable support
AssigneeImperial Schrade Corp.
InventorsWalter A. Gardiner, Oleh Stecyk, David A. Swinden
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Abstract
A support clip or sheath is detachably mounted on a knife. The clip or sheath has a locking portion insertable into a cavity of the knife, and a release button is operable for releasing the clip or sheath therefrom. A plurality of mounting apertures on the clip or sheath is attachable to various objects, such as a keyring or a strap. The knife and/or the objects are separately handled upon detachment of the clip or sheath. The knife is suspendable by the clip or sheath from a carrier such as a belt or strap.
Claims24
A knife, comprising:
- a frame extending along a longitudinal axis between a back end region and a front end region, one of said end regions having a cavity extending along the longitudinal axis;
- a blade mounted on the frame at the front end region;
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- a support having locking means insertable into the cavity for locking engagement with the frame, means, including an attachment portion having an aperture, for attaching an object extending through the aperture to the support, and release means for releasing the locking means from the cavity to detach the support from the frame with the object attached to the support.
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A knife comprising:
- a frame extending along a longitudinal axis between a back end region and a front end region, one of said end regions having opposite exterior sides, an end face extending between said exterior sides, and a cavity extending along the longitudinal axis from said end face between said exterior sides:
- a blade mounted on the frame at the front end region;
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- a support having locking means insertable into the cavity for locking engagement with the frame, means for attaching an object to the support, and release means for releasing the locking means from the cavity to detach the support from the frame with the object attached to the support.
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A knife, comprising:
- a frame extending along a longitudinal axis between a back end region and a front end region, one of said end regions having a cavity extending along a plane along the longitudinal axis;
- a blade mounted on the frame at the front end region;
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- a support having locking means, including a generally planar insert portion insertable along the longitudinal axis into the generally planar cavity for sliding, locking engagement with the frame, means for attaching an object to the support, and release means for releasing the locking means from the cavity to detach the support from the frame with the object attached to the support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.