Patent ID: 6536115
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A shielded safety knife for cutting an object comprising:a) a handle for permitting a user to grip the knife, said handle having a hollow interior portion defined by an inner wall; b) a blade support having a knife blade attached thereto at one end and having a second end attached to said handle; c) an inner housing slidably and rotatably received within said handle hollow interior portion, said inner housing being telescopically movable relative to said handle between a first position wherein said knife blade is retracted into said inner housing and a second position wherein a portion of said knife blade extends from said inner housing and is exposed for cutting; d) cooperating aligned members on said inner housing and inner wall respectively preventing the exposure of said knife blade portion by preventing said inner housing from telescopically moving from said first position to said second position; and e) said handle being rotable with respect to said inner housing to de-align said cooperating aligned members to permit the telescopic movement of said inner housing to said second position.