Patent ID: 9592616
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B26B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A knife that relieves the pressure on the metacarpophalangeal joint of an index finger of one who is using said knife for cutting by resting and pressing down with the underside of said index finger on a top portion of said knife, said knife comprising: a handle having a top portion, a bottom portion, two spaced-apart, opposing handle sides, a proximal and a distal end, wherein said handle top portion includes a handle top edge, wherein a handle longitudinal centerline is defined to extend between said handle proximal and distal ends, and wherein said spaced-apart, opposing handle sides having therebetween a distance that defines a width of said handle, a blade having a top portion, a bottom cutting edge portion, a first opposing blade side and a second opposing blade side, a proximal end and a distal end, wherein a blade longitudinal centerline is defined to extend between said blade proximal and distal ends, and wherein said knife is configured such that said blade proximal end is connected to and extends from said distal end of said handle in such a manner so that said handle top edge proximate said handle distal end and said blade top edge at said blade proximal end together form what appears to be, from a side view of said knife, an approximate straight line that is parallel to said handle longitudinal centerline, a first finger rest having a proximal end and a distal end, a top portion and a front portion, wherein said first finger rest proximal and distal ends are separated by a distance that defines a length of said first finger rest, and wherein said first finger rest proximal end is connected to a blade side chosen from said group consisting of said first opposing blade side and said second opposing blade side, and wherein said first finger rest proximal end is connected to said blade side at a first finger rest connection point that is situated both proximate said blade proximal end and above said blade longitudinal centerline so that said first finger rest connection point is situated within said top portion of said blade, wherein said length of said first finger rest is greater than said width of said handle, wherein said first finger rest connection point with said blade side includes a slot that extends between said first and second opposing blade sides, and wherein said slot is configured to allow the proximal end of said first finger rest to extend through said slot and to provide for an adjustable location of said first finger rest connection point with said blade side along said slot.