Patent ID: 7913398

Claim:
A folding knife with an unlocking mechanism comprising a handle having a front; a rear; a dorsal portion extending from the front to the rear of the handle; a ventral portion being opposite to the dorsal portion; a first frame having an outer surface; a throughole being formed through the first frame near the front of the handle; and an arch edge being near being near the dorsal portion of the handle; a second frame being attached to the first frame and having an edge; an outer surface; and an arch edge being formed on the second frame and corresponding to the arch edge of the first frame; an arresting mechanism being mounted between the first and the second frames near the dorsal portion of the handle; a chamber being formed between the first frame, second frame and the arresting mechanism; and a first casing being mounted on the outer surface of the first frame and having a concavity being formed on an edge of the first casing near the ventral portion of the handle and extending toward the front of the handle; and a recess being formed in the first casing near the concavity; a blade being pivotally mounted between the first frame and the second frame, being selectively folded into the chamber and having a rear being pivotally mounted between the first frame and the second frame; a spine; and a notch being formed on the spine of the blade near the rear of the blade; a locking rod being mounted between the arresting mechanism and the rear of the blade and having a middle being pivotally mounted to the first frame the second frame; a locking end being mounted near the front of the handle; a releasing end being opposite to the locking end, being mounted between the arch edges of the first frame and the second frame and abutting the arresting mechanism; an inner edge facing the chamber of the handle; and a protrusion being formed on the inner edge near the locking end and corresponding to and selectively engaging the notch of the blade; and an unlocking lever being slidably disposed in the recess and mounted on the outer surface of the first frame and having a rib having a pivoting end being pivotally mounted on the outer surface of the first frame; a pushing end extending out from the pivoting end of the rib toward the ventral portion of the handle; and two propping blocks respectively formed on and extending out from two sides of the pivoting end, extending through the throughhole and abutting the inner edge of the locking rod.