Patent ID: 6295689
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: B05C,B25G,E04F

Abstract:
A blade base-grasping bracket for a wipe-down knife, comprising:a. a first planar panel projecting in a first plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said bracket; and,b. a second planar panel, integral with said first panel at an apex, projecting in a second plane perpendicular to said bracket's longitudinal axis, said second plane also being generally perpendicular to said first plane, whereby said bracket has a generally L-shaped cross section, wherein said second panel of said bracket projects farther from said apex than said first panel and is folded back toward an interior angle of said apex, such that said folded-back portion of said farther-projecting second panel is parallel to, but spaced apart from, a portion of said second panel which is closer to said apex, thus defining a slot-shaped space therebetween, and wherein a terminal end edge of said folded-back portion of said second panel falls short of abutting said first panel.