Patent ID: 6510612
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A knife, comprisinga handle, comprising an outer channel having a back surface, side surfaces and retaining flanges depending inwardly from the side surfaces, a blade supporting surface having a guide slot, spaced from the retaining flanges for slidably receiving a blade therebetween, and a sliding body trapped between the retaining flanges and the blade supporting surface, the sliding body having a locking member disposed through the guide slot for locking a position of the sliding body within the handle, and comprising a blade engaging member for engaging the blade to the sliding body, the blade engaging member comprising a body portion, and a resilient blade engaging arm projecting from the body portion, the blade engaging arm having a blade engaging projection for extending through an opening in the blade, and a cam finger extending through the guide slot, disposed between the blade engaging projection and an end of the guide slot adjacent to a throat of the knife, whereby when the sliding body is moved so that the cam finger is pressed against the end of the guide slot, the blade engaging projection recedes from the opening in the blade to disengage the blade from the sliding body.