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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:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A Rickard, Missoula, MT (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30349 ; 30329 ; 30332 ; 30340 ; 30342 ; 30357 ; 30353 ;
Abstract
A knife and a reversible blade are described. A handle provides a blade mount for an elongated blade having opposed longitudinally overlapping first and second cutting edges. Handle mounting surfaces are provided on the blade, interchangeably engageable with the blade mount to enable selective attachment of the blade to the handle with either first or second cutting edges thereof exposed in an operational position.