US 12,076,875 B2
Interchangeable cutlery system
Wu Hsien Tsai, Dist Of New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Havel's Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US); and Gigand Company, LTD, Taipei Hsien (TW)
Filed by Havel's, LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Gigand Company, LTD, Taipei Hsien (TW)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,615.
Application 17/663,615 is a division of application No. 16/244,266, filed on Jan. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,370,132.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/632,092, filed on Feb. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/615,693, filed on Jan. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0388187 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B26B 5/00 (2006.01); B26B 3/03 (2006.01); B26B 9/00 (2006.01); B26B 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 5/00 (2013.01) [B26B 3/03 (2013.01); B26B 9/00 (2013.01); B26B 9/02 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bladed implement, comprising:
a blade handle,
a blade fitment plate, a first portion of said plate mounted in said handle and a second portion of said plate extending out of a distal end of said handle,
a spring mounted to said first portion of said fitment plate and deflectable generally perpendicular to a plane defined by a longitudinal axis of said handle,
a spring stud mounted on said spring,
a release button mounted to said handle and operable to engage said spring, and
a blade including an aperture in a proximal end of said blade, wherein said aperture is an elongated slot and wherein said second portion of said plate includes an elongated protuberance which is closely and slidably received in said elongated slot,
wherein sliding said proximal end of said blade into said handle while pressing said release button to deflect said spring permits said blade to be inserted into said handle,
whereupon releasing said release button once said aperture is aligned with said spring stud allows said spring to bias said spring stud into said aperture to attach said blade to said handle, and
wherein pressing said release button deflects said spring thereby moving said spring stud out of said aperture at which time said proximal end of said blade can be slid out of said handle to thereby detach said blade from said handle.