Patent ID: 6256888
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A foldable knife comprising:a knife blade having a blade section and a connecting section at one end of the blade section, the connecting section being formed with a through hole, an edge of the connecting section being formed with a first engaging notch, a second engaging notch and a third engaging notch; anda knife grip composed of two clamping blocks mated with each other, an inner face of one end of one of the clamping blocks being formed with a recess and locked with an engaging plate, the engaging plate being disposed with a projecting tenon, a lateral side of the recess being fixed with a resilient member, an inner face of the other clamping block being formed with a slightly larger depression opposite to the recess, a slide block being slidably disposed in the depression, one end of the slide block being formed with a hook section, a push button being disposed on the other outer side of the depression and locked with the slide block, a connecting pin of the push button abutting against the hook section of the slide block, whereby when depressing the push button, via the connecting pin, the hook section of the slide block presses the engaging plate partially downward to disengage the tenon from the first engaging notch of the blade and by means of the resilience of the resilient member, the tenon is engaged into the second engaging notch, and when the push button is pushed to drivingly shift the slide block so that the hook section presses the engaging plate completely downward the tenon is disengaged from the second engaging notch and engaged into the third engaging notch to totally unfold the blade and the grip.