Out-the-front knife

US12415287B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AOB Products Company · US

Inventors

• Brett Eckelkamp · Fulton, US
• Michael Cottrell · Columbia, US
• Shane Ball · Columbia, US
• William Garland · Columbia, US
• Brian Steere · Columbia, US
• Timothy S. Kinney · Warrenton, US
• Seth Wheeler · Columbia, US
• Justin Burke · Columbia, US
• James Tayon · Moberly, US
• Curtis Smith · Columbia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2024
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2025
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B26B1/10
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An out-the-front knife, components thereof, and associated methods. The out-the front knife can be a double-action spring-assisted knife. The knife includes a handle and a blade. The handle includes a rear end and a front opening opposite the rear end. The blade is movable with respect to the handle between stowed and deployed positions. In the stowed position, the blade is biased rearward. The knife includes an actuator movable in a deploying direction to spring the blade forward away from the stowed position toward the deployed position.