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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:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul W Poehlmann, Quadra Island, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30161 ; 30155 ;
Abstract
A knife having a blade rotatably coupled to a handle and lockable in an extended or a folded configuration is provided. A device for locking the extended blade against clockwise rotation and a separate device for locking the extended blade against counterclockwise rotation are provided. In one embodiment, one of these mechanisms is a key and keyway device and the other of these mechanisms is an adjustable stop device, preferably adjustable by a set screw.