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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:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sheldon Schmidt, Paramus, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc., Mineola, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30162 ; 30-2 ; 30335 ;
Abstract
A utility knife having a body portion with a mouth at its front end. A finger piece is provided for moving the blade forward so that it extends from the body portion through the mouth. A spring is provided to retract a blade to a position within the body portion when the finger piece is released. An open hook is provided to stop the forward movement of the blade. The open hook is part of the finger piece and is located rearwardly of the finger piece. The hook strikes a portion of body portion to stop the forward movement of the blade.