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US3278020A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Display boards for knives

Assignee: Prestige Group Ltd
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Filing: 1965-09-30
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Granted: 1966-10-11
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Expires: 1985-09-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Murphy Hugh

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 00:10
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47F; A47F7/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 286 words
A PACKAGE FOR A KNIFE OR THE LIKE HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT BLADE AND A HANDLE ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A LONGITUDINAL EXTENSION OF SAID BLADE, SAID PACKAGE INCLUDING A DISPLAY BOARD OF CARDBOARD OR THE LIKE, SAID BOARD HAVING A FRONT FACE PROVIDING A FIRST DISPLAY AREA, A SECOND DISPLAY AREA, AND AN OPENING SEPARATING SAID AREAS, SAID OPENING HAVING AN EDGE WITH WHICH THE BLADEWARD END OF THE HANDLE OF SAID TOOL HAS LOCATING ENGAGEMENT SO THAT A FACE OF THE BLADE WILL INTIMATEY CONTACT SAID FIRST DISPLAY AREA AND SO THAT A FACE OF THE HANDLE ADJOINING THE BUTT END PORTION THEREOF WILL INTIMATELY CONTACT SAID SECOND DISPLAY AREA, AND MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID TOOL AGAINST REMOVAL FROM SAID LOCATION ON THE BOARD, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A SOCKET MEMBER HAVING A SIDE WALL PORTION WITH WHICH THE SECOND AREA OF THE BOARD COOPERATES TO DEFINE AN ENCLOSURE WITHIN WHICH THE BUTT END PORTION OF THE TOOL HANDLE IN LATERALLY CONFINED AND AN END WALL PORTION WITH WHICH THE BUTT END PORTION OF THE TOOL HANDLE HAS ENDWISE ENGAGEMENT WHE SAID SOCKET MEMBER IS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID BOARD, AN INCISION IN SAID BOARD EXTENDING ALONG A CONTINUOUS LINE CONFORMING TO THE PERIMETER OF SAID PORTION OF THE SECOND DISPLAY AREA OF THE BOARD WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID ENCLOSURE, SAID SOCKET MEMBER HAVING A BASE DEFINED BY A UNIPLANAR MARGINAL FLANGE WHICH IS SLIDEABLY RECEIVABLE IN SAID INCISION SO AS TO OCCUPY A SELF-HOLDLING OPERATIVE POSITION WHEREIN SAID FLANGE HAS INTIMATE CONTACT WITH REAR SURFACES OF THE BOARD IN OUTLYING RELATION TO THE AREA THEREOF BOUNDED BY SAID INCISION TO THEREBY ESTABLISH THE OPERATIVE POSITION OF SAID SOCKET MEMBER ON SAID BOARD.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 286 words
A PACKAGE FOR A KNIFE OR THE LIKE HAVING A GENERALLY FLAT BLADE AND A HANDLE ATTACHED TO AND FORMING A LONGITUDINAL EXTENSION OF SAID BLADE, SAID PACKAGE INCLUDING A DISPLAY BOARD OF CARDBOARD OR THE LIKE, SAID BOARD HAVING A FRONT FACE PROVIDING A FIRST DISPLAY AREA, A SECOND DISPLAY AREA, AND AN OPENING SEPARATING SAID AREAS, SAID OPENING HAVING AN EDGE WITH WHICH THE BLADEWARD END OF THE HANDLE OF SAID TOOL HAS LOCATING ENGAGEMENT SO THAT A FACE OF THE BLADE WILL INTIMATEY CONTACT SAID FIRST DISPLAY AREA AND SO THAT A FACE OF THE HANDLE ADJOINING THE BUTT END PORTION THEREOF WILL INTIMATELY CONTACT SAID SECOND DISPLAY AREA, AND MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID TOOL AGAINST REMOVAL FROM SAID LOCATION ON THE BOARD, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A SOCKET MEMBER HAVING A SIDE WALL PORTION WITH WHICH THE SECOND AREA OF THE BOARD COOPERATES TO DEFINE AN ENCLOSURE WITHIN WHICH THE BUTT END PORTION OF THE TOOL HANDLE IN LATERALLY CONFINED AND AN END WALL PORTION WITH WHICH THE BUTT END PORTION OF THE TOOL HANDLE HAS ENDWISE ENGAGEMENT WHE SAID SOCKET MEMBER IS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON SAID BOARD, AN INCISION IN SAID BOARD EXTENDING ALONG A CONTINUOUS LINE CONFORMING TO THE PERIMETER OF SAID PORTION OF THE SECOND DISPLAY AREA OF THE BOARD WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID ENCLOSURE, SAID SOCKET MEMBER HAVING A BASE DEFINED BY A UNIPLANAR MARGINAL FLANGE WHICH IS SLIDEABLY RECEIVABLE IN SAID INCISION SO AS TO OCCUPY A SELF-HOLDLING OPERATIVE POSITION WHEREIN SAID FLANGE HAS INTIMATE CONTACT WITH REAR SURFACES OF THE BOARD IN OUTLYING RELATION TO THE AREA THEREOF BOUNDED BY SAID INCISION TO THEREBY ESTABLISH THE OPERATIVE POSITION OF SAID SOCKET MEMBER ON SAID BOARD.

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