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US 12667987 · App. 18/657,381 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Pocketknife with enhanced safety features

Inventor: Quinn Tonne (Boone, IA)
B26B11/008B26B29/02G06F21/32
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12667987
App. No.
18/657,381
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pocketknife with enhanced safety features, including a blade, and a handle hingedly connected to the blade at a top portion of the handle, the handle including a blade compartment to receive the blade therein, and a pressure plate disposed on a first side of the handle to release the blade from the blade compartment when the pressure plate is pressed.

Claims (10)

1 . A pocketknife with enhanced safety features, comprising:

a blade; and

a handle hingedly connected to the blade at a top portion of the handle, the handle comprising:

a blade compartment to receive the blade therein,

a pressure plate disposed on a first side of the handle to release the blade from the blade compartment when the pressure plate is pressed, and

a central processing unit disposed within the handle and connected to the pressure plate, such that the central processing unit stores a thumb print of a user to recognize the thumb print of the user in response to the user placing a thumb onto the pressure plate, such that the central processing unit controls the blade to be released from the blade compartment in response to the user placing the thumb onto the pressure plate, wherein the user must place the thumb onto the pressure plate for at least three seconds in order to allow the blade to be released from the blade compartment.

2 . The pocketknife with enhanced safety features of claim 1 , wherein the pressure plate controls the blade to be released from the blade compartment in response to a user providing a predetermined amount of pressure to the pressure plate.

3 . The pocketknife with enhanced safety features of claim 1 , where in the handle further comprises:

a first retractable guard hingedly disposed at the top portion of the first side of the handle to swivel from a retracted state such that the first retractable guard is parallel to the handle, to an extended state such that the first retractable guard is perpendicular with respect to the handle; and

a second retractable guard hingedly disposed at the top portion of a second side of the handle to swivel from a retracted state such that the second retractable guard is parallel to the handle, to an extended state such that the second retractable guard is perpendicular with respect to the handle.