Foldable knife

• US 20060272157A1
• Filed: 06/07/2005
• Published: 12/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Min Zheng Zeng
• Original Assignee: Min Zheng Zeng
• Inventors: Zeng, Min Zheng
• Application Number:
  US11/147,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20060272157A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/161
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 1/048 with a locking member being slidable or movable along the handle

Abstract

A foldable knife includes a housing, a blade holder, a first pivot member, a second pivot member, and a control knob. Thus, the blade is folded into the opening of the housing when not in use, thereby preventing the blade from causing danger to the user. In addition, the blade holder is juxtaposed to the housing when being folded to largely reduce the volume of the foldable knife, thereby facilitating the user carrying the foldable knife.

Claims

1. A foldable knife, comprising:

a housing having an inside and a side formed with an opening communicating with the inside of the housing;

a blade holder pivotally mounted on an end of the housing and having a first end having a side formed with a limit ring rotatably mounted in the housing and a second end provided with a blade;

the limit ring having a periphery formed with a first limit groove and a second limit groove located radially opposite to the first limit groove;

a control knob movably mounted on the housing and having a side provided with a locking portion extended through the housing and detachably locked in either one of the first limit groove and the second limit groove of the limit ring.

2. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 1, wherein when the locking portion of the control knob is locked in the first limit groove of the limit ring, the blade holder is expanded outward relative to the housing, and the blade is protruded outward.

3. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 1, wherein when the locking portion of the control knob is locked in the second limit groove of the limit ring, the blade holder is folded onto the housing, and the blade is folded into the opening of the housing.

4. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 3, wherein the blade holder is juxtaposed to the housing when being folded.

5. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 1, wherein when the locking portion of the control knob is locked in either one of the first limit groove and the second limit groove of the limit ring, the blade holder is fixed on the housing by the control knob and cannot be moved relative to the housing.

6. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 1, wherein when the locking portion of the control knob is detached from either one of the first limit groove and the second limit groove of the limit ring, the blade holder is unlocked from the control knob and can be pivoted relative to the housing.

7. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 1, wherein the housing includes a first casing, and a second casing combined with the first casing, the first casing has a periphery formed with a first lip, the second casing has a periphery formed with a second lip juxtaposed to the first lip of the first casing.

8. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 7, wherein each of the first lip of the first casing and the second lip of the second casing has a side formed with a depression, thereby defining the opening between the first lip of the first casing and the second lip of the second casing.

9. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 7, wherein the first casing has an end portion formed with a first pivot portion, the second casing has an end portion formed with a second pivot portion juxtaposed to the first pivot portion of the first casing, and the limit ring has an inside formed with a pivot hole pivotally mounted on the first pivot portion of the first casing and the second pivot portion of the second casing so that the blade holder is pivotally mounted on the housing between the first casing and the second casing.

10. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 9, further comprising a first pivot member mounted on the second casing and having a distal end extended through the second pivot portion of the second casing and the first pivot portion of the first casing, and a second pivot member secured on the distal end of the first pivot member and rested on the first casing.

11. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 7, wherein the control knob is movably mounted on the second casing.

12. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 7, wherein the second casing has a side formed with a guide slot to allow passage and to guide movement of the locking portion of the control knob.

13. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 7, wherein the second casing has a side formed with a slideway to guide movement of the control knob.

14. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking portion of the control knob is substantially L-shaped.

15. The foldable knife in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking portion of the control knob is protruded outward from the control knob.