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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter W. Collins, North, SC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 1/04 ;
Abstract
Spring-assisted folding knife designs having a coil spring, cable, and spool arrangement for pivoting a blade from a retracted position to an extended position. Activation of the spring system can be accomplished a pushbutton mounted on the side of the knife's handle, or through depression of a locking lever carried on the back side of the handle. Once moved to the extended position, the blade is automatically locked in that position through the pushbutton mechanism in one embodiment, or, in the other embodiment, through a liner lock.