Patent ID: 6233832
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A knife comprising:an elongated handle having a front end and formed with a longitudinally forwardly open and longitudinally extending guide;a longitudinally extending flat blade secured in the handle and projecting from the front end, the blade having a transverse front edge and a longitudinally extending side cutting edge meeting at a point;a blade guard longitudinally displaceable on the handle in the guide thereof between an outer extended position projecting longitudinally outward of the point and a retracted position exposing the point;a pawl carried on the guard;a guard spring braced between the guard and the handle and urging the guard into the extended position; andmeans including a button transversely displaceable on the handle between an actuated position and an unactuated position and having a formation engageable with the pawl of the guard for moving the pawl into engagement with the formation and preventing movement of the guard from the extended position into the retracted position in the unactuated position of the button.