Knife with blade lock and lanyard lock

A folding knife comprising:

• a handle defining a blade cavity therein;
• a blade pivotally joined to said handle and movable between a fully-open position and an initial closed position, said blade including a rear edge with a locking recess;
• a blade locking arm including a pair of first members spaced apart to define a locking arm cavity therebetween, a portion of said blade being disposed within said locking arm cavity, and said blade locking arm further including a second member being disposed between and coupled to said pair of first members, said first members being pivotally joined to the handle;
• a spring coupled to said handle, said spring biasing said second member of said blade locking arm into contact with said rear edge of said blade, wherein when said blade is pivoted into the fully-open position, said second member is disposed within said locking recess:
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• a selectively releasable lanyard connected to a lanyard coupling and a lanyard locking arm pivotally coupled to said handle and disposed between said pair of first members, said lanyard locking arm having a first portion and a second portion, said second portion having a locking portion for retaining said lanyard coupling to said handle in a locked position, wherein upon moving said blade toward said locking arm said blade contacts said first portion of said locking arm and said lanyard locking arm pivots so that said locking portion pivots in a second direction opposite said first direction and said lanyard locking arm moves to an unlocked position where said lanyard coupling may separate from said handle.

A folding knife comprising:

• a handle defining a blade cavity therein;
• a blade pivotally joined to said handle and movable between a fully-open position and an initial closed position, said blade including a cutting edge and a blunt edge, said cutting edge being within said blade cavity and said blunt edge being outside of said blade cavity in said initial closed position;
• a selectively releasable lanyard connected to a lanyard coupling;
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• a lanyard locking arm pivotally coupled to said handle, disposed within said blade cavity, and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, said lanyard locking arm having a first portion and a second portion, said second portion having a locking portion for retaining said lanyard coupling to said handle in said locked position, wherein upon moving said blade toward said lanyard locking arm said blade contacts said first portion of said lanyard locking arm, and said lanyard locking arm pivots to said unlocked position where said locking portion is spaced from said lanyard coupling and said lanyard coupling may separate from said handle.

A folding knife, comprising:

• a handle defining a blade cavity therein;
• a blade pivotally joined to said handle, said blade including a rear edge with a locking recess;
• a blade locking arm having a pair of spaced apart first members coupled to said handle and defining a locking arm cavity therebetween, and a second member extending between said first members and coupled thereto, when said blade is in a fully-open position, said second member is disposed within said blade locking recess to lock said blade;
• a selectively releasable lanyard connected to a lanyard coupling;
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• a lanyard locking arm pivotally connected to said handle, said lanyard locking arm having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being disposed within said locking arm cavity, and said second portion being disposed within said blade cavity and having a locking portion for retaining said lanyard coupling to said handle in a locked position, wherein upon moving said blade toward said lanyard locking arm said blade contacts said first portion of said lanyard locking arm, and said lanyard locking arm pivots to an unlocked position where said locking portion is spaced from said lanyard coupling and said lanyard coupling may separate from said handle.

A folding knife, comprising:

• a handle having first and second panels connected in a spaced apart arrangement to define a blade cavity therebetween, said first and second panels having first and second recesses, respectively;
• a blade pivotally joined to said handle and movable between a fully-open position and an initial closed position, said blade including a rear edge with a locking recess;
• a blade locking arm including a pair of first members spaced apart to define a locking arm cavity therebetween, and a second member being disposed between and coupled to said pair of first members, said first members being pivotally joined to the handle, said first and second recesses being configured and dimensioned to receive a substantial portion of at least one of said first members so that said substantial portion of each of said first members is outside of said blade cavity;
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• a spring coupled to said handle for biasing said second member of said blade locking arm into contact with said rear edge of said blade, wherein when said blade is pivoted into the fully-open position, said second member is disposed within said locking recess.