Patent ID: 6550143
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A utility knife comprising:an attachment means: a first handle part, further comprising: at least two first attachment openings piercing said first handle part to allow passage of said attachment means through said first handle part; a first front; a first rear, opposite said first front; an angled first top, perpendicular to said first front and said first rear and positioned longitudinally between and having a forward angled part and a rearward angled part; an angled first bottom, perpendicular to said first front and said first rear and positioned longitudinally between and opposite but parallel to said angled first top and having a forward angled bottom part and a rearward angled bottom part; a first external user surface, perpendicular to said first front, said first rear, said angled first top, and said angled first bottom and running parallel to said angled first top and said angled first bottom; first blade holder surface parallel to said external user surface, further comprising: a first rectangular blade holder depression, indented into said first blade holder surface and parallel to said forward angled part of said angled first top and said forward angled bottom part of said angled first bottom, extending from said first front toward said first rear, said first rectangular blade depression having a first depression top edge and a first depression bottom edge; a first slot piercing said first handle part, parallel to said forward angled part of said angled first top and said forward angled bottom part of said angled first bottom; a second handle part parallel to said first handle part and essentially a mirror image of said first handle part, said second handle part further comprising: at least two second attachment openings piercing said second handle part to allow passage of said attachment means through said second handle part; a second front; a second rear, opposite said second front an angled second top, perpendicular to said second front and said second rear and positioned longitudinally between and having a forward angled part and a rearward angled part; an angled second bottom, perpendicular to said second front and said second rear and positioned between and opposite but parallel to said angled second top and having a forward angled bottom part and a rearward angled bottom part; a second external user surface, perpendicular to said second front, said second rear, said angled second top, and said angled second bottom and running parallel to said angled second top and said angled second bottom; a second blade holder surface parallel to said second external user surface, further comprising: a second rectangular blade holder depression, indented into said second blade holder surface and parallel to said forward angled part of said angled second top and said forward angled bottom part of said angled second bottom, extending from said second front toward said second rear, said second rectangular blade depression having a second depression top edge and a second depression bottom edge; a second slot piercing said second handle part, parallel to said forward angled part of said angled second top and said forward angled bottom part of said angled second bottom; a central handle part, positioned between said first handle part and said second handle part and separating said first handle part and said second handle part, said central handle part further comprising: at least two central attachment openings piercing said central handle part to allow passage of said attachment means through said central handle part; a central front, aligned with said first and said second fronts to form; a front knife face, perpendicular to said first and said second handle external user surfaces of said first and said second handle parts; a central rear, opposite to said central front and aligned with said first and said second rears to form; a rear knife face; perpendicular to said first and said second handle external user surfaces of said first and said second handle parts and at opposite ends of said first and second handle external user surfaces from said front knife face; a central top, positioned between said central front and said central rear, perpendicular to said first and said second external user surfaces, said first and said second blade holder surfaces, and aligned with said angled first and said angled second tops to form; a top knife face, perpendicular to said first and said second handle external user surfaces; a central bottom, angled to and positioned between said central front and said central rear and opposite and parallel to said central top, and aligned with said first and said second bottoms to form; a bottom knife face, perpendicular to said first and said second handle external user surfaces; a first central blade supporting surface in contact with one of either said first handle part or said second handle part, further comprising: a first top raised track, contacting and parallel to said first depression top edge; and a first bottom raised track, parallel to said top raised track as well as said central top and said central bottom of said central handle part and extending from said central front of said central handle part towards said central rear and in contact with said first depression top edge; a second central blade supporting surface, parallel and opposite to said first central blade supporting surface, which is a mirror image of said first central blade supporting surface, and is in contact with said first handle part or said second handle part, whichever is not in contact with said first central blade supporting surface, further comprising: a second top raised track, contacting and parallel to said second depression top edge; and a second bottom raised track, parallel to said top raised track as well as said central top and said central bottom of said central handle part and extending from said central front of said central handle part towards said central rear and in contact with said second depression top edge; two blade holders, each blade holder further comprising: a blade surface, having: a blade surface top on one end, said blade surface top being bent at a greater than ninety degree angle and a blade surface bottom opposite said blade surface top; a handle surface, parallel to said blade surface; a tab end at an angle to and separating said blade surface top and said blade surface bottom; and a raised lever, connected to said blade holder by said tab end and positioned to fit through said first slot or said second slot.