US 12,257,729 B1
Pocket knife
Anthony Louis Marfione, Mills River, NC (US); and John Crawford, Canton, NC (US)
Assigned to Microtech Knives, Inc., Mills River, NC (US)
Filed by Anthony Louis Marfione, Mills River, NC (US); and John Crawford, Canton, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/960,468.
Int. Cl. B26B 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 1/08 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pocket knife, comprising:
a chassis, wherein the chassis defines a chassis surface having a chassis surface hardness;
an insert inside the chassis, wherein the insert defines an insert surface having an insert surface hardness greater than the chassis surface hardness;
a blade having a retracted position in which the blade is locked inside of the chassis and a deployed position in which at least a portion of the blade is locked outside of the chassis;
an actuator slidingly engaged with the chassis to reposition the blade between the retracted and deployed positions;
a stop pin connected to the blade; and
an end of the stop pin that extends a predetermined distance from the blade to engage with the insert surface when the blade is in the deployed position to prevent movement of the blade with respect to the chassis.