US 11,865,735 B2
Utility knife
Samuel Nelson, Anderson, SC (US); Richard M. Davidian, Pickens, SC (US); Rony Chan, Simpsonville, SC (US); Cam Craig, Anderson, SC (US); Patrick L Wills, Easley, SC (US); Jeremy Fedrigon, Anderson, SC (US); and Trevor Fauss, Greenville, SC (US)
Assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed by TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP, Anderson, SC (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/494,413.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/088,144, filed on Oct. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105647 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B26B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 5/00 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility knife comprising:
a handle having a body and a receiving aperture;
a collet at least partially receivable in the receiving aperture, the collet having a first end and a second end, the first end of the collet including a first slot and a second slot formed therein, the first slot having a first dimension and the second slot having a second dimension different from the first dimension, the collet configured to alternately receive one of a portion of a blade of a first type in the first slot and a portion of a blade of a second type in the second slot; and
a sleeve engageable with and surrounding the collet, the sleeve and the collet being co-rotatable relative the handle to move the collet to a secured position in which one of the blade of the first type and the blade of the second type are secured to the collet.