Patents
US 12441011 B2: Knife having removable blade
- Granted
- 2025-10-14
- Filed
- 2025-03-27 application 19092504
- Type
- Utility · 30 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A knife comprising a handle and a blade assembly. The blade assembly includes a blade, a tang, and blade assembly connection structure. The handle includes a receiver configured to receive the tang, and includes handle connection structure. The blade assembly connection structure and handle connection structure are arranged to releasably lock the blade assembly in an installed position on the handle with the tang in the tang receiver.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251014.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOB Products Company 93 patents | US company or organization | Columbia, MO | AOB PRODUCTS COMPANY State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis W. Cauley, Jr. | Fayette, MO | 91 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| James Tayon | Moberly, MO | 107 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Cottrell | Ashland, MO | 114 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Justin Burke | Columbia, MO | 57 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brian Steere | Columbia, MO | 52 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kyle Martin | Columbia, MO | 78 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Anthony Vesich | Columbia, MO | 52 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Matthew Kinamore | Columbia, MO | 81 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Seth Wheeler | Columbia, MO | 24 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Lindsay | Columbia, MO | 41 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ryan Varnum | Columbia, MO | 25 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Curtis Smith | Columbia, MO | 60 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Josh Neville | Columbia, MO | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mark Dalton | Columbia, MO | 59 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Timothy S. Kinney | Warrenton, MO | 56 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B26B | Hand-held cutting tools not otherwise provided for | B26B5/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B25G | Handles for hand implements | B25G3/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-27 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CAULEY, DENNIS W., JR. signed 2020-10-19 TAYON, JAMES signed 2020-10-20 COTTRELL, MICHAEL signed 2020-10-16 BURKE, JUSTIN signed 2020-10-19 STEERE, BRIAN signed 2020-10-16 MARTIN, KYLE signed 2020-10-16 VESICH, ANTHONY signed 2020-10-06 KINAMORE, MATTHEW signed 2020-10-20 WHEELER, SETH signed 2020-10-16 LINDSAY, MICHAEL signed 2020-10-16 VARNUM, RYAN signed 2020-10-16 SMITH, CURTIS signed 2020-10-15 NEVILLE, JOSH signed 2020-10-15 DALTON, MARK signed 2020-10-19 KINNEY, TIMOTHY S. signed 2020-10-19 | AOB PRODUCTS COMPANY COLUMBIA, MO | 70652/571 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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