Claims
- 1. A folding knife comprising:
a handle; a hollow region in the handle; a blade operatively coupled to the handle and configured to be pivoted into the hollow region in a closed position, the blade including a protruding portion that is sized to extend though the hollow region in the handle when the blade is in the closed position; and a bias element operatively attached to the blade and configured to urge the blade toward an extended position once the blade has moved past an equilibrium point, wherein the protruding portion is configured to be pushed into the hollow region urging the blade past the equilibrium point and into the extended position.
- 2. The folding knife of claim 1, further comprising a safety lock configured to prevent the blade from moving out of the hollow region of the handle.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/904,194, filed Jul. 12, 2001 of Kenneth J. Onion that claims priority to U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 29/143,656 filed Jun. 18, 2001, the disclosures of which is hereby incorporated by reference. This application also is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Pat. No. 09/750,235 filed Dec. 7, 2000 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,427,334 and U.S. Pat. No. 09/591,183 filed Jun. 8, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,378,214, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Pat. No. 09/483,075 filed Jan. 14, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,338,431, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
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