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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Pacific Handy Cutter, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
G. Gerry Schmidt, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
PACIFIC HANDY CUTTER, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 1/08 (2006.01); B26B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 5/003 (2013.01); B26B 5/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cutter system includes a cutter and a holster. The cutter includes a housing with two recessed portions on opposite sides thereof, the cutter being adapted to support a blade and to facilitate selectively extending the blade from or retracting the blade into the housing. The holster is shaped to receive the cutter in two different orientations corresponding to left- and right-handed use, respectively, the holster including an interior surface formed with protrusions on opposites sides thereof, the protrusions each being sized to fit into either of the recessed portions.