Patent ID: 11919178
Assignee: FISKARS BRANDS, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A knife comprising:
a blade; and
a handle assembly rotatably coupled to the blade, defining a longitudinal axis, and including
a side frame,
a handle frame spaced apart from the side frame, at least a portion of the blade received between the handle frame and the side frame;
a locking arm coupled to the side frame and angularly movable relative to the longitudinal axis between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking arm defined by an arm width measured in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and
a guard coupled to the side frame and overlaying at least a portion of the locking arm, the knife defining a guard width measured in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the guard width being a distance between a bottom side of the guard and a top side of the locking arm,

wherein a ratio of the guard width to the arm width at any given position along a length of the guard is greater than thirty percent (30%).