Patent Application
20170361473
The presently disclosed principles and inventions are related to serrated folding knives.
Knives with serrated cutting edges are old and well-known in the prior art. The serrated blades are conventionally used in household tools, such as table knives and meat cutting knives and in a wide variety of saw blades.
However, other than in saw blades, serrated cutting devices have not proved particularly useful in hand cutting of ropes or other fibrous materials. Most often, the cutting edge of the blade includes a plurality of sharp teeth formed along the edge, all of them being of the same size. Such blades are particularly ineffective when a user needs to cut through a thick rope.
In one general aspect, the invention provides a knife having a blade and a handle. The blade includes at least one cutting edge, a tip and a base. The handle includes a connection mechanism connecting the base of the blade to the handle. The cutting edge of the blade includes a plurality of serrated groups, each serrated group having at least a first arched recess with a first dimension, a second arched recess with a second dimension, and a third arched recess with a third dimension. The second dimension is at least 30% greater than the first dimension, and the third dimension is at least 30% greater than the second dimension. The arched recesses of each serrated group are arranged in ascending order in a direction from the tip of the blade to the handle. Multiple serrated teeth are formed between adjacent arched recesses.
In one specific aspect, the serrated teeth are sharpened on one side of the blade only.
In another specific aspect, the serrated teeth are sharpened on both sides of the blade.
In another specific aspect, the knife is a folding knife, and the connection mechanism is a pivot mechanism rotatably connecting the base of the blade to the handle.
The above aspects, advantages and features are of representative embodiments only. It should be understood that they are not to be considered limitations on the invention as defined by the claims. Additional features and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the following description, from the drawings, and from the claims.
The invention is illustrated in the figures of the accompanying drawings which are meant to be exemplary and not limiting, in which like references are intended to refer to like or corresponding parts, and in which:
In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Referring now to the drawings, in which like numerals represent the same or similar elements, and, initially, to
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The process of cutting a material using the serrated blade of the present invention is illustrated in
The figures in this disclosure are conceptual illustrations allowing for an explanation of the present invention. Notably, the figures and examples above are not meant to limit the scope of the present invention to a single embodiment, as other embodiments are possible by way of interchange of some or all of the described or illustrated elements. Moreover, where certain elements of the present invention can be partially or fully implemented using known components, only those portions of such known components that are necessary for an understanding of the present invention are described, and detailed descriptions of other portions of such known components are omitted so as not to obscure the invention. In the present specification, an embodiment showing a singular component should not necessarily be limited to other embodiments including a plurality of the same component, and vice-versa, unless explicitly stated otherwise herein. Moreover, applicants do not intend for any term in the specification or claims to be ascribed an uncommon or special meaning unless explicitly set forth as such. Further, the present invention encompasses present and future known equivalents to the known components referred to herein by way of illustration.
The foregoing description of the specific embodiments so fully reveals the general nature of the invention that others can, by applying knowledge within the skill of the relevant art(s) (including the contents of the documents cited and incorporated by reference herein), readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments, without undue experimentation, without departing from the general concept of the present invention. Such adaptations and modifications are therefore intended to be within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments, based on the teaching and guidance presented herein.
While various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it should be understood that they have been presented by way of example, and not limitation. It would be apparent to one skilled in the relevant art(s) that various changes in form and detail could be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention should not be limited by any of the above described exemplary embodiments, but should be defined only in accordance with the following claims and their equivalents.
