Patent ID: 8490288
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A knife having a blade with folded closed and open positions, said folding knife comprising: (a) a blade having a tang area defining a pivot opening, said opening having generally opposed first and second locking notches; (b) first and second handles defining an area therebetween for receiving the blade in the closed position, said first handle defining a first bore having a first locking recess and said second handle defining a second bore having a second locking recess; (c) a hollow pivot hub axially extending between the first and second bores in said handles and through the blade pivot opening supporting pivoting of the blade between a closed position in the area between the handles and an open position extending forwardly from the handles; (d) a first bolt reciprocable within said hub, said first bolt having a first locking lug disposed between the blade and the second handle aligned with said second recess, said first lug aligned with said first locking notch in the blade open position and aligned with the second locking notch in the blade closed position; (e) a second bolt reciprocable within said hub, said second bolt having a second locking lug between said blade and the first handle aligned with said first recess, said second lug aligned with said second locking notch in the blade open position and aligned with the first locking notch in the blade closed position; (f) biasing means applying a biasing force urging said first bolt into a locking position in concurrent engagement with the second recess in the second handle and with a selected one of locking notches in the blade, said biasing means applying a biasing force urging said second bolt into a locking position in concurrent engagement with the first recess in the first handle and with a selected one of the locking notches in the blade; and (g) release means associated with each of said bolts, said release means moveable by manual force applied simultaneously to both said release means to move the first and second locking lugs to an unlocked position into their associated recesses in the handles and out of engagement with the associated blade locking notches.