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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
William B. Budrow, Long Beach, CA (US);
AWI Acquisition Company, Sylmar, CA (US);
Abstract
A utility knife which has a blade of usage which is extendable from an extended/usage position to a retracted/storage position. The housing of the utility knife includes a blade storage compartment within which is mounted a blade dispenser. The blade dispenser is designed to hold a stack of replacement knife blades. The blade dispenser is movable between a closed and an open position, and when in the closed position the blade dispenser is confined within the housing of the utility knife, and when in the open position a single replacement blade can be removed to be substituted for the blade of usage that is mounted in a position for usage within the utility knife.