US 10,974,398 B2
Easily disassembled folding knife
Kenneth J. Onion, Kaneohe, HI (US)
Assigned to GB II Corporation, Tualatin, OR (US)
Filed by GB II Corporation, Tualatin, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/380,640.
Application 16/380,640 is a continuation of application No. 15/855,872, filed on Dec. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,272,576.
Application 15/855,872 is a continuation of application No. 15/444,047, filed on Feb. 27, 2017, granted, now 9,862,106, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Application 15/444,047 is a continuation of application No. 14/197,120, filed on Mar. 4, 2014, granted, now 9,597,809, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/772,449, filed on Mar. 4, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0232508 A1, Aug. 1, 2019
Int. Cl. B26B 5/00 (2006.01); B26B 1/04 (2006.01); B26B 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 5/00 (2013.01) [B26B 1/04 (2013.01); B26B 1/044 (2013.01); B26B 1/10 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4984 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folding knife comprising:
a handle comprising a first portion and a second portion; and
a blade pivotably coupled to the handle and pivotable relative to the handle about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position,
wherein the first portion of the handle comprises one or more dovetail-shaped projections, and
wherein the second portion of the handle comprises one or more dovetail-shaped slots configured to mate with the one or more dovetail-shaped projections of the first portion of the handle, and thereby restrict relative movement between the first portion and the second portion in a direction parallel to the pivot axis of the blade.