US4949458A
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Knife
Assignee: Shirley Institute
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Filing: 1988-12-29
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Granted: 1990-08-21
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Expires: 2008-12-29
Abstract
Abstract A knife of the kind having a blade (14, 43) and a handle has an extendible and retractable blade edge guard (16, 45). When the blade (14, 43) is extended, any violent movement of the knife with the cutting edge in a leading attitude acts inertially to disengage a detent (27, 55) from a recess (28, 57) in the guard (16, 45) so that a tension spring (17, 46) quickly extends the guard (16, 45) into its projecting, operative position to guard the blade edge (21, 50) and prevent at least serious injury. When the blade carrier (13, 42) is fully retracted, its engagement with a part (31, 58) of the guard (16, 45) causes that also to retract and be engaged again by the detent (27, 55) due to spring-bias.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger I. Davis
- 👤 David B. Scott
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 11:52
CPC Classifications
B; B26; B26B; B26B29/00; B26B29/02; B26B5/00; B26B5/001
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A hand knife comprising a handle having a blade with a cutting edge extendable from the handle, a guard movable between a normally retracted position in the handle and an extended position covering the cutting edge of the blade when extended from the handle, acceleration detection means in the handle and comprising a movable mass for detecting violent movement of the knife, biasing means for moving the guard from said retracted position to said extended position, the acceleration detection means connected to the biasing means to actuate said movement of the guard to said extended position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
96 words
A hand knife comprising a handle having a blade with a cutting edge extendable from the handle, a guard movable between a normally retracted position in the handle and an extended position covering the cutting edge of the blade when extended from the handle, acceleration detection means in the handle and comprising a movable mass for detecting violent movement of the knife, biasing means for moving the guard from said retracted position to said extended position, the acceleration detection means connected to the biasing means to actuate said movement of the guard to said extended position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The hand knife according to claim 1 with, a spring serving as the biasing means, the spring connected between the guard and the handle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The hand knife according to claim 2 wherein a detent acts upon the guard to restrain said biasing means until it is overcome by said acceleration detection means on detecting said violent movement.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The hand knife according to claim 3 wherein the detent is provided as part of a separate member acting as an inertial mass and movable housed within the handle.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The hand knife according to claim 4 wherein said separate member is pivoted within the handle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The hand knife according to claim 5 wherein said separate member is spring-biased against releasing the blade.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The knife according to claim 3 wherein the guard forms an inertial mass which disengages due to inertia from the detent upon said violent movement of the knife.
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