# US 8,322,039 B2 · Knife and device assembly

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- Number: US 8,322,039 B2
- Document ID: US8322039B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/695,527
- Filed: 2010-01-28
- Published: 2010-08-05
- Granted: 2012-12-04
- Earliest claimed: 2009-02-04
- Assignees: Wildsteer
- Inventors: Edouard De Buyer-Mimeure
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8322039B2

## CPC

- B26B 11/00: Hand knives combined with other implements, e.g. with corkscrew, with scissors, with writing implement (combined table-ware A47G21/06)
- B26B 25/005: {Manually operated, e.g. pizza cutters}
- B26B: HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (for harvesting A01D; for horticulture, for forestry A01G; for butchering or meat treatment A22; for manufactering or repairing footwear A43D; nail clippers or cutters A45D29/02; kitchen equipment A47J; {vegetable slicers, julienne cutters and similar devices and holders therefor, B26D3/28}; for surgical purposes A61B; for metal B23D; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; plier-like tools with cutting edges B25B7/22; pincers B25C11/02; handles for hand implements, in general B25G; guillotine-type cutters B26D; {perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet, B26F1/26}; for erasing B43L19/00; for textile materials D06H)

## Abstract

A knife and device assembly includes a knife with a blade part and a handle part having on the blade part, near the handle part, a hook shaped part with an interior recess, in combination with a device comprising an extended handle. A front end of the handle has both a pin for engaging with and pivoting in the hook shaped part of the blade part, and a cutting element to cut metal wires and the like. The handle fulfills the function of cutting pliers with the handle part of the knife. The front end of the handle has a fork shape with two wings braced by the pin. The cutting element is received in a space formed between the wings, the pin and a bottom of the fork shape, and has a cutting part projecting beyond the handle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Knife and device assembly comprising a knife with a blade part and a handle part, the blade part having a hook shaped part defining an interior recess adjacent the handle part, in combination with a device comprising an extended handle, a front end of the extended handle defining two spaced wings, an articulation pin extending in-between the wings, wherein the articulation pin engages with and pivots in the interior recess of the hook shaped part of the blade part, a cutting element with a cutting part received in-between the wings of the extended handle and positioned so that the cutting part projects beyond the extended handle and when the articulation pin is received in the interior recess, the cutting element is closer to the handle part of the knife than the articulation pin, and wherein when the articulation pin is received in the interior recess the extended handle with the cutting element together with the handle part of the knife function as cutting pliers.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The knife and device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cutting element is a tricorn-shaped piece having three projections, one of the projections defining the cutting part that protrudes beyond the extended handle and therefore can be sharpened.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The knife and device assembly according to claim 2, wherein the tricorn-shaped piece is secured in-between the wings by a rivet.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The knife and device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the front end of the extended handle includes a counter-brace wall in-between the wings to support the cutting element and to absorb cutting forces.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The knife and device assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cutting element is a cutting wheel.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The knife and device assembly according to claim 1, wherein another end of the extended handle incorporates a threaded internal portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The knife and device assembly according to claim 1, wherein another end of the extended handle incorporates an internal portion having a polygon shape enabling the extended handle to perform a screwing and/or unscrewing function.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The knife and device assembly according to claim 1, wherein, when functioning as the cutting pliers, the extended handle is connected to the knife only by the articulation pin.