Knife having tools in the handle
OwnerRonald W. Lakeinventor
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Abstract
A knife having a tool in the handle has a blade at one end and a tang at an opposite end. A first handle has a receiving slot disposed and centered lengthwise on the interior surface. A second handle has a receiving slot disposed and centered lengthwise on its interior surface. The tool has two legs that are parallel, and have a thumb stud on one leg. First and second handles are attached to opposing sides of the tang. The tool is inserted into the knife by the legs entering the first and second receiving slots while straddling the tang.
Claims20
A knife having a blade at a distal end and a knife base at an opposite end, comprising:
- a tang having a thickness and an end recess having a depth at the knife base;
- a first handle having a first handle recess and a first handle interior surface having a first handle receiving slot disposed lengthwise approximately centered on the first handle interior surface;
- a second handle having a second handle interior surface having a second handle receiving slot disposed lengthwise approximately centered on the second handle interior surface;
- a spacer having a spacer thickness slightly greater than the thickness of the tang and a spacer length approximate the depth of the end recess;
- a tool having a first leg having a first leg end and a second leg having a second leg end, the first leg and the second leg are essentially parallel and attached to either side of the spacer at the first leg end and the second leg end;
- and,
- a thumb stud disposed on the first leg approximate the first leg end on a side opposite the spacer;
- wherein, the first handle interior surface is attached to the tang on a first tang side and the second handle interior surface is attached to the tang on a second tang side, the tool is inserted into the knife at the knife base by the first leg and the second leg entering the first handle receiving slot and the second handle receiving slot, respectively, while straddling the tang and the spacer is lodged into the end recess of the tang while the thumb stud lodges into the first handle recess such that the thumb stud protrudes slightly from the first handle such that a user contacts the thumb stud to slide the tool into and out of the knife.
A knife having a blade at a distal end and a knife base at an opposite end, comprising:
- a tang having a thickness and an end recess having a recess size approximate that of the end recess of the tang having a depth at the knife base;
- a first handle having a first handle recess and a first handle interior surface having a first handle receiving slot disposed lengthwise approximately centered on the first handle interior surface;
- a second handle having a second handle interior surface having a second handle receiving slot disposed lengthwise approximately centered on the second handle interior surface;
- a tool having a first leg having a first leg end and a second leg having a second leg end, the first leg and the second leg are parallel and spaced apart slightly greater than the thickness of the tang;
- and,
- a thumb stud disposed on the first leg opposite the first leg end exterior to the tool;
- wherein, the first handle interior surface is attached to the tang on a first tang side and the second handle interior surface is attached to the tang on a second tang side opposite the first tang side, the tool is inserted into the knife at the knife base by the first leg end and the second leg end entering the first handle receiving slot and the second handle receiving slot, respectively, while straddling the tang, the tool is lodged into the end recess of the tang while the thumb stud lodges into the first handle recess such that the thumb stud protrudes slightly from the first handle such that a user contacts the thumb stud with a user's thumb to slide the tool into and out of the knife.
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