Patent ID: 8549755
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A knife comprising: a handle; a blade holder slidingly carried by the handle for sliding movement relative to the handle between a fully extended position and a retracted position; a slide lock that releasably locks the blade holder in the fully extended position; and a utility blade mounted to the blade holder for movement with the blade holder relative to the handle, the utility blade having first and second parallel linear edges, and a mounting notch formed in the first linear edge, the second linear edge comprising a cutting edge, wherein the fully extended position comprises a position in which the blade is in an operative position in which the utility blade is locked to the blade holder and the utility blade extends by a distance b forwardly of a plane that is (a) tangent to a forwardmost point on the handle and (b) perpendicular to an axis defined by the cutting edge, wherein a retracted length of the knife when the blade holder is in the retracted position is less than 5¼ inches, wherein the blade holder is constructed and arranged to extend forwardly of the plane by a distance h when in the fully extended position, wherein the distance h is at least 0.25 inches, wherein the distance b is greater than the distance h, and wherein a portion of the cutting edge is protected by the blade holder when the blade holder is in the fully extended position.