US 12,447,637 B2
Knife having sheath and bottle opener
Dennis W. Cauley, Jr., Fayette, MO (US); James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US); Anthony Vesich, Columbia, MO (US); Matthew Kinamore, Columbia, MO (US); Curtis Smith, Columbia, MO (US); Josh Neville, Columbia, MO (US); and Mark Dalton, Columbia, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/061,661.
Application 18/061,661 is a division of application No. 16/927,801, filed on Jul. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,518,053.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/873,487, filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173697 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B26B 11/00 (2006.01); B26B 3/00 (2006.01); B26B 29/02 (2006.01); B67B 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 11/006 (2013.01) [B26B 3/00 (2013.01); B26B 29/025 (2013.01); B67B 7/16 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ulu knife comprising:
a handle including a grip having an upper side, a lower side, a forward side, a rearward side, and opposite left and right ends;
a blade connected to the handle and extending downward away from the grip to a cutting edge below the grip, the blade having a forward face and an opposite rear face;
wherein at least one of the left and right ends of the grip includes a finger recess at least partially bounded by a forward wall and a rear wall having the finger recess therebetween, the finger recess located to receive a thumb of a user's hand while the user's hand grasps the grip with the palm of the user's hand against the upper side of the grip.