Patent ID: 6378214
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A folding knife, comprising:a blade including a tang, a slot within the blade, and a pair of holes; a handle having an end to which the tang is pivotally connected, the end having an exposed exterior edge surface, the blade being rotatable about a pivot axis between an open position in which the blade is extended away from the handle and a closed position in which the blade is at least partially received within the handle; a post slidably held by the blade and adapted to slide along the slot such that as the blade is rotated between the open and closed positions, the post is allowed to slide toward the end of the handle to engage the exposed exterior edge surface, and wherein the post can, after the blade is rotated to the open position, be retractably slid toward the end of the handle into a locking position in which the post interacts with the exposed exterior edge surface to lock the blade in the open position; and a spring having first and second ends, the spring being disposed within the slot and operatively connecting the blade and the post to urge the post toward the locking position, wherein the second end of the spring is threaded through the pair of holes.