Patent ID: 11919179
Assignee: AOB PRODUCTS COMPANY
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 21:
22. An out-the-front knife comprising:
a handle having a rear end and a front opening opposite the rear end;
a blade supported by the handle, the blade having a cutting edge, the blade being movable with respect to the handle between a stowed position in the handle and a deployed position in which the blade extends out of the front opening;
a retainer configured to engage the blade in rearward biasing engagement to bias the blade rearward when the blade is in the stowed position; and
an actuator supported by the handle, the actuator being movable with respect to the handle in a deploying direction, the actuator being operatively connected to the blade to cause the blade to move forward away from the stowed position toward the deployed position responsive to movement of the actuator in the deploying direction;
wherein the blade includes a ramp configured to move the retainer out of rearward biasing engagement with the blade when sufficient force is applied to the actuator in the deploying direction to overcome the rearward bias.