Patent ID: 7165329

Claim:
A folding knife comprising: a blade comprising a point at one end and a pivot at the other end; a handle comprising a groove open to a lower side, the groove being adapted to receive the folded blade wherein the pivot includes a pivot pin for pivotably disposing the pivot at one end of the groove, and the blade is adapted to either receive in the groove by pivoting in a first direction about the pivot pin or pivot out of the groove by pivoting in a second opposing direction about the pivot; a sliding block and a resilient member having the other end anchored at the sliding block wherein both the sliding block and the resilient member are provided on an inner surface of the handle; a slide on an outer surface of the handle above the sliding block wherein a sliding movement of the slide is adapted to cause the sliding block to compress the resilient member toward a rear end of the handle, and a release of the compression is adapted to cause the resilient member to push the sliding block forwardly, and a flat member within the handle under the sliding block and the resilient member, the flat member comprising a latch having an open end proximate the pivot pin, the latch including a projection on its one surface, the projection being adapted to be pressed by the sliding block so as to allow the latch to exert a downward force onto the blade wherein responsive to pivoting the blade out of the groove, the latch is obliquely urged against an outer surface of the pivot of the blade by the pressing the sliding block onto the latch, and responsive to sliding the slide, the sliding block disengages from the projection for causing the latch to return to its original flat shape, thereby enabling the blade to pivot into the groove.