Patent ID: 9120234
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A folding knife, comprising: a blade including a tang; a handle pivotably connected to the blade, the handle including a visible side facing away from the blade and an interior side facing toward the blade, the interior side defining a pocket; and a lockbar separate from the handle and connected to the handle, the lockbar including a tail portion having a tail profile that matches a pocket profile of the pocket, the tail portion mated to and filling the pocket such that an inside edge of the pocket encloses an outside edge of the tail portion of the lockbar, a head portion of the lockbar distal from the tail portion of the lockbar biased toward a folding plane of the blade and configured to engage the tang to lock the blade in an open position relative to the handle, the head portion of the lockbar extending from the pocket into a void defined by the handle and including a visible side facing away from the blade and an interior side facing toward the blade, the visible side of the head portion of the lockbar within the void defined by the handle being substantially flush with the visible side of the handle when the blade is in a closed position, and the visible side of the handle being generally parallel to the folding plane of the blade.