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US 7,726,029 B2Granted
Safety cutting apparatus
OwnerEarl Votolatoinventor
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Abstract
A cutting apparatus has a unidirectionally-locking blade cover that automatically snaps back over the exposed blade after each cut, and a dependent, index finger operated unlocking trigger.
Claims8
A cutting apparatus comprising:
- a handle;
- a blade at least partially disposed within the handle;
- a blade cover configured to move between a locked safety position covering the blade and an unlocked operating position where the blade can be uncovered;
- a pawl coupled to the blade cover, the pawl configured to engage a stop when the blade cover is in the locked safety position;
- a trigger coupled to the handle and configured, upon actuation, to disengage the pawl from the stop allowing movement of the blade cover to uncover the blade;
- and
- the trigger comprising a trigger pathway in which at least a portion of the pawl travels as the blade cover covers or uncovers the blade.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.