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US 7,681,316 B2Granted
Folding knife having a locking mechanism
AssigneeKai U.S.A., Ltd.
InventorsGrant W. Hawk, Gavin D. Hawk
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Abstract
A folding knife includes a handle element, a blade rotatably coupled to the handle element, and a locking mechanism operatively coupled between the blade and the handle element. The locking mechanism includes first and second pairs of toggles positioned, respectively, on first and second sides of the blade, each pair of toggles being configured to move into a locked position when the blade is rotated to an open position. A handle of the knife may include the handle element and the first and second pairs of toggles.
Claims15
A folding knife, comprising:
- a handle element;
- a blade rotatably coupled to the handle element;
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- a locking mechanism operatively coupled between the blade and the handle element and including first and second pairs of toggles positioned, respectively, on first and second sides of the blade, each pair of toggles configured to move into a locked position when the blade rotated to an open position, the blade, while in a closed position, being disposed between the first and second pairs of toggles so that the first and second pairs of toggles overlap the first and second sides of the blade.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.