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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Charles L. Kain, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Charles L. Kain, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
GB II Corporation, Tualatin, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect, a folding knife has a locking mechanism coupled to the blade such that pivoting the blade from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa, causes corresponding rotation of the locking mechanism about the pivot axis of the blade. The locking mechanism is operable to selectively lock the blade in the open position and optionally to selectively lock the blade in the closed position.