US 11,999,072 B2
Compact safety cutter
Thomas Scimone, Sunny Isles Beach, FL (US); Scot Herbst, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Robert Joseph Gallegos, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Slice, Inc., Sunny Isles, FL (US)
Filed by SLICE, INC., Sunny Isles, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,538.
Application 17/516,538 is a continuation of application No. 16/776,949, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,161,265.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048212 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B26B 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 29/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting device, comprising:
a housing configured to retain a blade; and
a movable blade guard at least partially disposed within the housing and having an outer edge formed with an opening extending inward toward a blade channel of the movable blade guard, wherein the movable blade guard moves into the housing to allow the blade to pass through the opening to selectively uncover at least a portion of a cutting edge of the blade; and
a guard release switch comprising a connector post component and a release switch tension component, wherein the connector post component is a flange extending from the guard release switch that is configured to selectively engage with a portion of the movable blade guard and the release switch tension component biases the guard release switch to a first position.