Patent ID: 6363615
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A folding knife comprising:an elongated handle including first and second mutually opposed sides forming a spacing therebetween, an elongated blade having a working end and a tang at an opposite end thereof, pivot means connecting said tang to said handle to permit said blade to pivot into an open position wherein said blade extends outwardly from said handle and into a closed position wherein said blade is recessed into said spacing, a blade biasing means connected to said blade for urging said blade into an open position, a wheel positioned within and extending out from said handle, said wheel being disc shaped with a periphery and rotatable about and fixed along an axis of rotation transverse to the plane of said blade and said handle, said wheel having both a cutout extending radially from said periphery toward said axis of rotation and an abutting surface formed along the plane of said wheel, said tang having an abutment positioned distal to said pivot means and transverse to the plane of said blade for selective contact with said abutting surface of said wheel for preventing said blade from moving to a closed position, said wheel being rotatable to a position wherein said cutout coincides with said tang permitting said tang to enter said cutout while said blade pivots about said pivot means to the closed position, said wheel being biased toward preventing said blade from moving.