Patent attributes
A folding utility knife comprises a handle, an angularly movable blade holder, blade holder locking mechanism and a cutting blade with a cutting edge and an opposite indexing edge having a first indexing notch, a second indexing notch and a third indexing notch. A blade locking mechanism has a locking pin for locking engagement with the first indexing notch, the second indexing notch, and the third indexing notch holds the cutting blade in a first blade position, a second blade position and a third blade position, respectively. The cutting blade is removable and rotatable 180 degrees for re-insertion into the blade holder whereat locking engagement of the locking pin with the third indexing notch, the second indexing notch, and the third indexing notch holds the cutting blade in a fourth blade position, a fifth blade position and a sixth blade position, respectively.
