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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2024
Aob Products Company, Columbia, MO (US);
Brett Eckelkamp, Fulton, MO (US);
Michael Cottrell, Ashland, MO (US);
Shane Ball, Columbia, MO (US);
William Garland, Columbia, MO (US);
Brian Steere, Columbia, MO (US);
Timothy S. Kinney, Warrenton, MO (US);
Seth Wheeler, Columbia, MO (US);
Justin Burke, Columbia, MO (US);
James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US);
Curtis Smith, Columbia, MO (US);
AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
An out-the-front knife, components thereof, and associated methods. The out-the front knife can be a double-action spring-assisted knife. The knife includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a rear end and a front opening opposite the rear end. The blade is movable with respect to the handle between stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the blade is biased rearward. The knife includes an actuator movable in a deploying direction to spring the blade forward away from the stowed position toward the deployed position.