Patent ID: 8904649

Claim:
A utility knife comprising: a handle that includes a main portion and a back portion pivotally coupled together at a base portion of the handle, the back portion being shorter than the main portion and including a distal portion which in a closed position locates adjacent to a complementary surface of said main portion, the back portion being configured to be pivotally repositionable to an opened position; and a spare blade dispenser secured to the back portion to be accessible by a user of the utility knife when the back portion is in the opened position, the spare blade dispenser remaining secured to and fixed in position in relation to the back portion when the back portion is repositioned to the opened position, the spare blade dispenser including a blade receptacle sized to hold spare blades and a shuttle mechanically coupled to the blade receptacle such that the shuttle, when repositioned laterally with respect to the blade receptacle, engages and extends a topmost spare blade from the blade receptacle.