Patent ID: 7036229
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A self-opening folding knife comprises, an elongated handle portion with an elongated knife blade extending therefrom, said knife blade having an elongated sharp edge portion and an oppositely disposed back edge portion, said knife blade having a shank end portion and a tip end, said shank end portion pivotally secured from within said handle portion for movement of said blade from a first closed position within said handle to a second locked open position, said shank end portion having an upper edge surface extending from said handle portion in angularly disposed relation to said blade's back edge portion, a notch in said upper edge surface defining a recessed mounting edge surface in vertically offset spaced relation to said blade's back edge portion, an engagement tab secured on and extending beyond a said recessed mounting surface on the upper edge surface of said shank end portion of said blade, said engagement tab extending longitudinally and transversely beyond said recessed mounting edge surface in co-planar relation to said shank end portion upper edge surface.