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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1991
Jeff W Wonderley, Ft. Defiance, VA (US);
Donald G Strickland, Charlottesville, VA (US);
American Safety Razor Company, Verona, VA (US);
Abstract
The scalpel includes a handle mounting a scalpel blade at one end and having a slot opening through and between its opposite sides. A guard, including two side members straddling the handle, is mounted for sliding movement between a protective position overlying the blade and a retracted position exposing the blade for use. The side members are connected by an element extending through the handle slot and one or more resilient fingers in the slot cooperates with the element to detent the guard in one of the positions. In a further form, the guard is slidable into a permanently locked position relative to the handle, thereby preventing reuse of the scalpel and inadvertent exposure of the blade.