Kai U.s.a., Ltd.

Timothy James Galyean

James MacNair

Craig Donald Kemp Green

Kenneth J Onion

Craig Green

A folding knife includes a lockbar for automatically locking a knife blade in an opened position relative to a handle. A puck attached to the lockbar is configured to engage a tang of the blade to lock the blade in an open position relative to the handle.

Locking folding knife

A folding knife includes a handle, a blade pivotably connected to the handle, and a lockbar for locking the blade in an open position relative to the handle. The lockbar and the handle are separate pieces. The handle includes a pocket into which at least a portion of the lockbar is fit.

A folding knife includes a handle and a blade attached thereto and configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position. A locking element is coupled to the handle, while a pawl is coupled to the blade and configured to engage the locking element as the blade rotates to the closed position, such that the blade is locked in the closed position thereby. Opening pressure on the pawl causes it to release the locking element and also causes the blade to rotate from the closed position toward the open position. The knife blade may include a flicker positioned to extend from a back portion of the handle when the blade is in the closed position. The pawl is coupled to the flicker such that pressure on the flicker causes the pawl to release the locking moves the blade toward the open position. The folding knife may also include an opening assist mechanism.

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Newberg, OR, United States of America

Timothy James Galyean