Patent ID: 7062856
Filing Date: 2006-06-20
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A folding knife, comprising: a. a handle having a front end, an opposed back end, and a pair of spaced sides defining a blade cavity therebetween; b. a blade having a cutting edge along at least a portion of at least one side thereof and a tang at one end, the tang having an edge having a shoulder defined therein, a portion of the shoulder defining a drive surface, the edge having a stop defined therein spaced from said shoulder, wherein the tang is rotatably mounted, about a rotational axis, between said sides of the handle proximate said front end such that the blade is rotatable between a closed position, in which at least a portion of the cutting edge of the blade is disposed within the blade cavity, and an open position, in which the blade is extended; c. a stop pin connected to and extending between a portion of the sides of the handle proximate the front end of the handle and spaced from the rotational axis such that, in the open position, a portion of the stop of said tang contacts a portion of the stop pin; d. a bias element having a proximal end and a spaced free end, said proximal end being connected to said handle; e. an actuating member pivotally connected to said handle intermediate the respective front and back ends thereof, the actuating member having a first arm, a second and a peripheral edge surface, wherein at least a portion of the edge surface of the first arm is in continuous urging contact with at least a portion of the free end of the bias element, and wherein at least a portion of the edge surface of the second arm selectively remains in continuous urging contact with the edge of the tang of the blade, the actuating member being movable between a first position, in which said blade is in its closed position, and a second position, in which said blade is in its open position, and in which a portion of an end of said second arm contacts a portion of the drive surface of the shoulder to form a toggle point such that the blade is selectively locked in its open position.