Patent ID: 7380340

Claim:
A method of transferring a blade from a closed position to an open position, comprising the steps of: connecting pivotally one end of a blade to at least one of a lock side plate and a release side plate; providing a rocker bar that is pivotally retained by one of said side plates; biasing one end of a cantilever spring toward said one end of said blade, restraining said one end of said cantilever spring with one end of said rocker bar, said one end of said rocker bar being biased against said cantilever spring with a spring; and releasing said cantilever spring by actuating the other end of said rocker bar with a flexible end of a release inlay, said flexible end of said release inlay being separately moveable from said rocker bar, releasing said cantilever spring causing said blade to move from a closed position to an open position.