Patent ID: 8615888

Claim:
A knife for a user having an impaired grip, said knife comprises: a handle comprising, a thermoplastic body comprising a ribbed portion and an unribbed portion; and a blade fixedly disposed said handle, said blade comprises an upper edge and a lower edge, said blade lower edge comprises a cutting edge comprising a proximate end portion; said handle further comprises a proximate end and a distal end, oppositely disposed sides, an upper surface portion and a lower surface portion, said sides are more outwardly disposed at the proximate end than at the distal end; said blade cutting edge extends proximately to a position beneath the handle lower surface portion, said lower surface comprises a convex surface adjacent to the proximate end of the handle and a concave surface adjacent to the distal end of the handle; said ribbed portion comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper ribbed portion comprises a first thumb engaging recessed surface in a first cutting position; and said sides comprise second and third recessed surfaces distally disposed from said first recessed surface, said first recessed surface being disposed over the cutting edge proximate end portion of the cutting edge; said blade cutting edge extends proximately to an end point and then extends distally to a point immediately adjacent the second and third recessed surfaces and the lower concave surface; whereby the user with an impaired grip grips the handle and effectively cuts with the knife blade.