Patent ID: 8028420
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A handheld utility knife comprising: a removable cutting blade, a metal block comprising a flexible tab, the removable cutting blade selectively engageable by the flexible tab, at least one sliding guide block, a sliding track, the at least one sliding guide block selectively slidable within the sliding track, the at least one sliding guide block connected to the metal block, the flexible tab comprising a projection, the removable cutting blade containing at least one groove, the projection securing the removable cutting blade through engaging the at least one groove, the metal block comprising a first member, a second member and a third member, the flexible tab being on the third member, the second member contains a void, the removable cutting blade selectively insertable within the void, the first member comprising a pressure strip, the pressure strip selectively engageable with the removable cutting blade, the first member, the second member and the third member containing a void, the at least one sliding guide block containing a recess, the voids and the recess communicating with one another to form a space for a sliding member, the sliding member comprising a flange, the sliding track comprising at least one groove, the flange selectively fixable in the at least one groove, the sliding member movable over the sliding track.