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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter W Collins, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Assignee:
Jenkins Metal Corporation, Gastonia, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ; F41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30162 ; 224232 ;
Abstract
A knife sheath including a spring pressed locking pin engagable with a hole in the handle of the knife to positively retain the knife in the sheath. The sheath also includes a buckle fastened to one side of the sheath and an adapter including a strap extending along the same side of the sheath and engagable with the buckle to provide a loop for retaining the sheath on a belt extending about a person's waist. Alternatively the strap may be removed from the buckle and the buckle connected with a shoulder harness to support the sheath and its knife upside down under a person's shoulder.