US 12,226,924 B2
Rotary cutter
Cody Wayment, West Valley City, UT (US); and Craig Fraser, West Valley City, UT (US)
Assigned to GRACEWOOD MANAGEMENT, INC., West Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by Gracewood Management, Inc., West Valley City, UT (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,793.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/228,739, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0044800 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B26B 25/00 (2006.01); B26B 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 25/005 (2013.01) [B26B 29/00 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand-held, rotary fabric cutter comprising:
a handle having a blade end and a grip end opposite the blade end configured to be held by a user to support the cutter during use of the cutter to cut a piece of fabric,
a rotary blade configured to be coupled to the blade end of the handle to rotate about an axis, and
a blade retention system configured to selectively couple the rotary blade to the handle, the blade retention system comprising
a blade fastener configured to change between a secured position in which the blade fastener extends axially through the rotary blade into the blade end of the handle to secure the rotary blade to the handle and a released position in which the blade fastener has moved away from the handle to allow access to the blade,
a quick release mechanism configured to change between a locked configuration in which movement of the blade fastener relative to the handle is blocked when the blade fastener is in the secured position and an unlocked configuration in which movement of the blade fastener away from the handle is permitted, and
at least one magnet coupled to the blade end of the handle, wherein the at least one magnet is located between the rotary blade and the blade end of the handle, the at least one magnet configured to apply a magnetic force to the rotary blade to draw the rotary blade to the blade end of the handle so that the rotary blade remains coupled to the blade end of the handle when the blade fastener is in the released position.