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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2018
Benchmade Knife Co., Inc., Oregon City, OR (US);
Jason France, Oregon City, OR (US);
Benchmade Knife Co., Inc., Oregon City, OR (US);
Abstract
A folding tool including a handle having a first handle half and a second handle half held in a spaced apart relationship to form an implement groove therebetween. Two or more implements are pivotally connected between the first handle half and a second handle half by a pivot shaft and movable between an open position and closed position and lockable in the open position. The folding tool includes a closed blade retention system, with a detent feature (or hole) on each tang, a detent retainer spring, and a detent ball. When the implement is in the closed position, the detent aligns with the ball thereby retaining the blade in the closed position.