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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Anthony Di Bitonto, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Mark Prommel, New York, NY (US);
Goeran Jerstroem, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Conor Mcnamara, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Anthony Di Bitonto, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Mark Prommel, New York, NY (US);
Goeran Jerstroem, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Conor McNamara, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Helen of Troy Limited, St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
A utility knife which includes a feature for presenting a user with a replacement blade holder containing replacement blades when the separate halves of the knife body, referred to as handle portions, are opened to expose an interior cavity is disc losed. A pivotable latching lever selectively movable between a latched position and an unlatched position permits the two handle portions to pivot relative to one another about a pivot axis when the lever is in the unlatched position so that the replacement blade holder may be presented to the user. The disclosed utility knife having a replacement blade holder and a latching lever is capable of very economic manufacture, yet is dependable in operation.