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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Applicants:
Grant W. Hawk, Idaho City, ID (US);
Gavin D. Hawk, Idaho City, ID (US);
Inventors:
Grant W. Hawk, Idaho City, ID (US);
Gavin D. Hawk, Idaho City, ID (US);
Assignee:
KAI U.S.A., Ltd., Tualatin, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A folding knife includes a handle element, a blade rotatably coupled to the handle element, and a locking mechanism operatively coupled between the blade and the handle element. The locking mechanism includes first and second pairs of toggles positioned, respectively, on first and second sides of the blade, each pair of toggles being configured to move into a locked position when the blade is rotated to an open position. A handle of the knife may include the handle element and the first and second pairs of toggles.