Patents by Inventor Samuel Elling

Samuel Elling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Latchless locking mechanism for butterfly knife
    Patent number: 11167435
    Abstract: A knife having a latchless locking mechanism having a handle half with a left handle portion and a right handle portion held apart to form a blade groove. The left handle portion and the right handle portion each include a liner including a pivot slot and a first lock pin disposed between the first left handle portion and the first right handle portion. A blade having a tang that is pivotally and slidably coupled to the handle half with a pivot pin, the tang including a tang slot configured to accept the locking pin and a hook portion extending over the tang slot, the hook portion configured to capture the lock pin when the blade is in a locked position and thereby prevent rotation of the blade from the first locked position to the open position. A latchless locking system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Elling, Mark Delplanche, Hans Albing, Jason France, Ryan Dickman
  • LATCHLESS LOCKING MECHANISM FOR BUTTERFLY KNIFE
    Publication number: 20200189128
    Abstract: A knife having a latchless locking mechanism having a handle half with a left handle portion and a right handle portion held apart to form a blade groove. The left handle portion and the right handle portion each include a liner including a pivot slot and a first lock pin disposed between the first left handle portion and the first right handle portion. A blade having a tang that is pivotally and slidably coupled to the handle half with a pivot pin, the tang including a tang slot configured to accept the locking pin and a hook portion extending over the tang slot, the hook portion configured to capture the lock pin when the blade is in a locked position and thereby prevent rotation of the blade from the first locked position to the open position. A latchless locking system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel Elling, Mark Delplanche, Hans Albing, Jason France, Ryan Dickman
  • Handle extension for a knife
    Patent number: D945244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Benchmade Knife Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Dickman, Vance Collver, Mark Delplanche, Hans Albing, Samuel Elling, Nate Radcliffe, Anthony Cuomo