Patent ID: 8857064
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A cutter apparatus, comprising: a housing sized to be hand-held, the housing including a channel and openings adjacent to the channel at three different sides of the housing, the housing including a distal end opening defined by and located at a distal end of said housing; and a blade carrier sized to fit within and slide along the channel, the blade carrier including three engaging portions that extend from the openings such that a force bearing upon any of the portions can cause the blade carrier to slide along the channel; wherein the distal end opening faces a blade on the blade carrier when the blade carrier is in an extended position; wherein the three engaging portions are fixed in position in relation to each other at all times including during a blade replacement operation in which a blade on the blade carrier is replaced, one of said engaging portions when the blade carrier is repositioned away from its fully retracted position during said blade replacement operation being engaged at the side opening of the housing through which said engaging portion extends preventing lateral movement of the blade carrier away from said side opening of the housing.