Patent ID: 7913397
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A folding pocket utility knife comprising: a front handle; a rear handle pivotally mounted to the front handle via a pivot, wherein the rear handle contains a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the front handle; and a blade holder mounted inside the front handle for holding a blade; a bendable blade strap attached to the blade holder and to the rear handle; wherein the blade strap extends around an outer circumference of the pivot to move the blade holder from a closed position where the front handle is in the cavity and the blade is completely within the front handle, to an open position where the front handle is not in the cavity and the blade extends from a terminal end of the front handle; wherein the blade holder is slidably extendible along the lengthwise direction of the front handle such that the blade extends from the terminal end of the front handle at an opposite side from the rear handle when the blade holder is in an open position, and the blade retracts inside the front portion of the front handle when the blade holder is in the closed position.