US 12,030,203 B2
Knife having removable blade
Dennis W. Cauley, Jr., Fayette, MO (US); James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US); Michael Cottrell, Ashland, MO (US); Justin Burke, Columbia, MO (US); Brian Steere, Columbia, MO (US); Kyle Martin, Columbia, MO (US); Anthony Vesich, Columbia, MO (US); Matthew Kinamore, Columbia, MO (US); Seth Wheeler, Columbia, MO (US); Michael Lindsay, Columbia, MO (US); Ryan Varnum, Columbia, MO (US); Curtis Smith, Columbia, MO (US); Josh Neville, Columbia, MO (US); Mark Dalton, Columbia, MO (US); and Timothy S. Kinney, Warrenton, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB PRODUCTS COMPANY, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/903,866.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/862,317, filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0391397 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. B26B 5/00 (2006.01); B25G 3/18 (2006.01); B26B 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 5/00 (2013.01) [B25G 3/18 (2013.01); B26B 9/00 (2013.01)] 33 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knife blade assembly selectively connectable to a knife handle, the knife blade assembly comprising:
a tang having a forward end and a rear end,
a blade including a front tip and a rear portion opposite the front tip, the rear portion being connected to the forward end of the tang, the blade having a cutting edge and a second edge opposite the cutting edge, the blade having opposite first and second side faces, the blade lying in a blade plane that intersects the cutting edge and the second edge, the first and second side faces being positioned on respective opposite first and second sides of the blade plane, the first side face facing in a first lateral direction transversely with respect to the cutting edge, and the second side face facing in a second lateral direction transversely with respect to the cutting edge,
a first retainer connected to the tang, the first retainer being located forward of the rear end of the tang, the first retainer including a first catch located to the first side of the blade plane, the first catch including an inner surface facing the blade plane in the second lateral direction and being spaced from the blade plane in the first lateral direction, the first catch being resiliently movable with respect to the tang to move into locking engagement with the knife handle to lock the blade in an installed position on the knife handle.