Patent attributes
A folding knife assembly includes a blade system which is disposable between an open configuration and a closed configuration using a single hand. The blade system includes a fixed blade portion and a movable blade portion, wherein the fixed blade portion and moveable blade portion are cooperatively structured to engage one another in an interlocked configuration when the blade system is disposed in an open configuration. The folding knife assembly also includes a positioning assembly structured to facilitate disposition of the blade system between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A locking assembly is provided and is structured to operatively engage at least a portion of the positioning assembly to releasably secure the blade system in the open configuration, and to operatively disengage the positioning assembly to permit disposition of the blade system into a closed configuration.
