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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2005
Ronald W. Lake, Eugene, OR (US);
Ronald W. Lake, Eugene, OR (US);
Fiskar Brands, Inc., Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
A folding knife having a handle including a first side and a second side spaced apart to define a cavity; a blade including a cutting surface and a tang; and a holding mechanism including a piston adapted to be manually moved and having a first stop element of a first dimension and a first opposing element of a second dimension greater than the first dimension, at least a second stop element fixed on the tang, and at least a second opposing element also fixed on the tang, the first opposing element being adapted to be moved to a hold position when the blade is in one of the closed and open positions, in which the first opposing element seats against the second opposing element, the first stop element substantially engages the second stop element, and the blade is held in the one position.