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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
May. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald W. Lake, Eugene, OR (US);
Michael L. Walker, Taos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Imperial Schrade Corp., Ellenville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 1/04 ;
Abstract
A knife blade is locked by selectively moving a blade locking mechanism into and out of alignment with the end surface of the blade. The blade locking mechanism is replaceably mounted on the free end of a spring formed as a part of one of the side panels. The blade locking mechanism is preferably a disc which seats into a conical recess in the end of the blade.