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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Michael C. Jue, Del Mar, CA (US);
Alan K. Uke, Del Mar, CA (US);
Jeffery D. Arnett, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A knife and sheath assembly includes a knife having a handle and a blade and a sheath having a cavity for releasably receiving the knife blade in a storage condition. A first end portion of the blade is adjustably mounted in the handle and a second end portion including a cutting edge protrudes from the handle. The blade is movable between a first, retracted position in which a first length of the blade protrudes from the handle and a second, extended position in which a second length of the blade longer than the first length protrudes from the handle. A releasable latch member on the handle releasably locks the knife blade in the first and second positions, and the sheath cavity is designed to receive the portion of the knife blade which protrudes from the handle in the retracted position, such that the overall length of the assembly is reduced when the knife is sheathed.