(19)
(11) EP 1 431 010 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/26

(21) Application number: 04000072.1

(22) Date of filing: 14.04.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B26B 1/04, B25F 1/04, B25F 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR IT

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
98918203.5 / 1071546

(71) Applicant: Mentor Group, L.L.C.
West Linn, OR 97068 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • McHenry, William J.
    Wyoming, Rhode Island 02898 (US)
  • Williams, Jason L.
    Wyoming, Rhode Island 02898 (US)
  • Ingram, Steven J.
    Portland, OR 97236 (US)

(74) Representative: Hoarton, Lloyd Douglas Charles 
Forrester & Boehmert, Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Folding pocket knife with a lock


(57) Knives (10, 182) each include a handle (12, 184) having a blade (14, 90, 194) pivotally attached to the handle. The blade is movable between a closed position in which it is received within a groove (36, 192) of the handle and an open position. The blade has a working portion (38, 198) and a tang portion (44, 98, 204) which remains within the groove when the blade is in its open position. A locking pin (72, 208) extends transversely of the handle and blade and is movable along a pair of elongated openings (74, 216). And engages the tang portion (44, 98, 204) of the blade to lock the blade in its open position. A spring (78, 228) biases the locking pin toward the tang.






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