Patent ID: 6502314
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B25G,Y10T

Abstract:
A handle suitable for use in connection with a knife including a blade with proximal and distal side and top faces and a butt edge, the handle comprising an elongate hand gripping member and a unitary proximal digital member having side faces with respective top and bottom edges and overlying said proximal side faces of said blade and an arm overlying said proximal top face of said blade, said arm having a length greater than about one fourth the length of the handle and receiving the extended index finger of a user, said handle further including a thumb groove formed in one of the side faces of said proximal digital member, said thumb groove being disposed between and spaced from the top and bottom edges of said proximal digital member and including a forward edge disposed generally vertically co-linearly with the butt edge of the blade, the handle further including a first finger groove formed in the other of the side faces of said proximal digital member positioned generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the handle and including a forward edge and extending between and through the top and bottom edges of said proximal digital member, said handle still further including an index finger groove formed in said top of said arm of said proximal digital member and having a rear edge generally vertically co-linearly aligned with the forward edge of the thumb groove and the first finger groove respectively, the extended index finger of the user being received in said index finger groove.