Knife having sheath and bottle opener

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12447637-B2
Application number	US-202218061661-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2022
Priority date	Jul 12, 2019
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

A knife, components thereof, a sheath therefor, and associated methods. The sheath may be releasably retainable on the blade by engagement of connection structure of the sheath and blade formed by inserting the blade into the sheath. The blade may include a bottle opener. The knife may include a finger recess adapted to receive a finger of a user when the knife is gripped by the user. The knife may be an ulu knife.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ulu knife comprising:
a handle including a grip having an upper side, a lower side, a forward side, a rearward side, and opposite left and right ends;
a blade connected to the handle and extending downward away from the grip to a cutting edge below the grip, the blade having a forward face and an opposite rear face;
wherein at least one of the left and right ends of the grip includes a finger recess at least partially bounded by a forward wall and a rear wall having the finger recess therebetween, the finger recess located to receive a thumb of a user's hand while the user's hand grasps the grip with the palm of the user's hand against the upper side of the grip.

2. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the finger recess is a first finger recess and the left end of the grip includes the first finger recess, the right end of the grip including a second finger recess at least partially bounded by a forward wall and a rear wall having the second finger recess therebetween.

3. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the grip includes a first arcuate finger bed bounding the first finger recess and a second arcuate finger bed bounding the second finger recess.

4. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the first and second finger recesses each narrow as the respective finger recesses extend downward.

5. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the first and second finger recesses each include an open top and an open side, the open side of the first finger recess facing in a direction opposite the second finger recess and the open side of the second finger recess facing in a direction opposite the first finger recess.

6. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the handle includes a finger opening configured to receive fingers of the user's hand while the user's hand grasps the grip.

7. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the handle includes a blade connecting portion connected to the blade, the blade connecting portion bounding a lower side of the finger opening and the grip bounding an upper side of the finger opening.

8. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the blade is an ulu blade.

9. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 7 , further comprising a bottle opener.

10. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the blade includes the bottle opener.

11. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 10 , wherein the bottle opener comprises a cap receiving opening, a fulcrum portion, and a prying portion, the fulcrum portion and prying portion being arranged with respect to the cap receiving opening such that the fulcrum portion and prying portion are engageable with a bottle cap on a bottle while the bottle cap is received in the cap receiving opening, the blade configured to be pivotable about the fulcrum portion while the bottle cap is received in the cap receiving opening and in engagement with the fulcrum portion to pry the bottle cap off the bottle with the prying portion.

12. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 10 , in combination with a sheath configured to at least partially cover the blade when the sheathing is in a covering position on the blade, the bottle opener being accessible for removing a bottle cap from a bottle when the sheath is in the covering position on the blade.

13. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the handle includes a finger opening configured to receive fingers of the user's hand while the user's hand grasps the grip.

14. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the handle includes a blade connecting portion connected to the blade, the blade connecting portion bounding a lower side of the finger opening and the grip bounding an upper side of the finger opening.

15. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 14 , wherein the blade is an ulu blade.

16. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 14 , in combination with a sheath configured to at least partially cover the blade when the sheathing is in a covering position on the blade.

17. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 14 , further comprising a bottle opener.

18. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 17 , wherein the blade includes the bottle opener.

19. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 18 , wherein the bottle opener comprises a cap receiving opening, a fulcrum portion, and a prying portion, the fulcrum portion and prying portion being arranged with respect to the cap receiving opening such that the fulcrum portion and prying portion are engageable with a bottle cap on a bottle while the bottle cap is received in the cap receiving opening, the blade configured to be pivotable about the fulcrum portion while the bottle cap is received in the cap receiving opening and in engagement with the fulcrum portion to pry the bottle cap off the bottle with the prying portion.

20. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 17 , in combination with a sheath configured to at least partially cover the blade when the sheathing is in a covering position on the blade, the bottle opener being accessible for removing a bottle cap from a bottle when the sheath is in the covering position on the blade.

21. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the grip includes an arcuate finger bed bounding the finger recess.

22. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the finger recess narrows as the finger recess extends downward.

23. The ulu knife as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the finger recess includes an open top and an open side facing outward from said left or right end of the grip.

Assignees

• Aob Products Company

Inventors

• Cauley Jr Dennis W
• Tayon James
• Vesich Anthony
• Kinamore Matthew
• Smith Curtis
• Neville Josh
• Dalton Mark

Classifications

• B26B3/00 Primary

  Hand knives with fixed blades {(handles, attaching the handles B25G)} · CPC title

• B26B29/025

  Knife sheaths or scabbards · CPC title

• B67B7/16

  for removing flanged caps, e.g. crown caps · CPC title

• B25G1/102

  the shape being specially adapted to facilitate handling or improve grip · CPC title

• B26B11/006 Primary

  Several functions combined in the blade · CPC title