Pocket knife
OwnerMehrunissa N. Phelpsinventor
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Abstract
A pocket implement magazine includes, a pivot implement which rotates from a closed to an open position and back to the closed position. A latch assembly that communicates with the pivot implement and selectively allows for rotation of the pivot implement and selectively locks the pivot implement in the closed or open position. This latch assembly includes, a latch housing, a rotation portion or area operable to cause rotation of the latch housing, a spring disposed within the latch housing, an off-center biased latch pressed by the spring to extend exteriorly of the latch housing and engage the operational latch aperture of the pivot implement, when the pivot implement is in the open position and engage the storage latch aperture, when the pivot implement is in the closed position.
Claims18
A pocket implement magazine comprising:
- first and second longitudinally extending, spaced apart, parallel structural members providing an interior space therebetween;
- a pivot pin extending between said first and second structural members;
- a pivot implement which is rotatably received in said interior space by said pivot pin, said pivot implement having a functional area, a rotational end, an operational latch aperture, and a storage latch aperture, said pivot implement adapted to rotate from a closed to an open position and back to the closed position;
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- a latch assembly which engages with said pivot implement and selectively allows rotation of said pivot implement and selectively locks said pivot implement in the closed or open position, said latch assembly comprising:
- a latch housing;
- a rotation portion or area operable to cause rotation of said latch housing;
- a spring disposed within said latch housing;
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- an off-center biased latch pressed by said spring to extend exteriorly of said latch housing and engage said operational latch aperture of said pivot implement when said pivot implement is in the open position and engage said storage latch aperture when said pivot implement is in the closed position.
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