US 12,343,887 B1
Springless out-the-front knife
Kellen Bogardus, Aberdeen, MD (US)
Filed by Kellen Bogardus, Aberdeen, MD (US)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 19/006,771.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/657,313, filed on Jun. 7, 2024.
Int. Cl. B26B 1/08 (2006.01); B26B 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 1/08 (2013.01) [B26B 1/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knife, comprising:
a handle;
a blade slidably fixed within the handle that is configured to move between a forward direction to an extended state wherein the blade extends from a first end of the handle and a rearward direction to a retracted state wherein the blade is retracted within the handle, the blade having a tang external of the handle, when the blade is in the retracted state, that is contactable to aid in deploying the blade to the extended state upon an application of force applied to the tang;
a front lock that is rotatably fixed within the handle and configured to allow and prevent movement of the blade in the forward direction and the rearward direction;
a rear lock that is spaced from the front lock, rotatably fixed within the handle and configured to allow and prevent movement of the blade in the forward direction and the rearward direction;
an internal slider that is arranged within the handle, movable within the handle between the forward direction and the rearward direction and contactable with the front lock and the rear lock to aid in movement of the blade between the extended state and the retracted state; and
a switch arm that is arranged within the handle, includes a main body, a curved first end and a curved second end, and interacts with the blade to aid in movement of the blade between the extended state and the retracted state.