Patent ID: 8938883
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A folding knife for applying a cutting action, comprising: a handle; a blade assembly rotatably mounted to the handle and rotatable between an open position and a closed position within the handle; a locking member arranged on the handle adapted to maintain the blade assembly in said closed position or in said open position; a first spring biasing said blade assembly toward said open position; a first actuator adapted to release the blade assembly from the locking member and from said closed position to permit said blade assembly to rotate to said open position; a cutting blade removably mounted to the blade assembly; and a blade guard that is slidingly engaged with the blade assembly and includes a second actuator for moving the blade guard from a first position, shielding the blade, to a second position where the blade guard is withdrawn from the blade and held at the second position by the locking member, wherein, when the blade assembly is in the open position, the first actuator is adaptable to release the blade guard from the locking member so that the blade guard shifts from the second position to the first position and the first actuator is adaptable to release the blade assembly to permit rotation of the blade assembly from the open position to the closed position within the handle.