Universal utility knife (US Patent 5012581)

Patent number: 5012581 Granted: 1991-05-07 Filed: 1989-04-07 Inventors: William D. Fletcher (West Springfield, MA, US); David H. Mallalieu (Springfield, MA, US); Donald P. Cummings (Sturbridge, MA, US) Assignees: Hyde Manufacturing Co. (Sturbridge, MA, US)

Abstract

A utility knife especially suitable for use by either right-handed or left-handed persons includes a generally symmetrical casing, as viewed from the side, having a generally pointed leading edge and two surfaces sloping back at equal angles from the point. When a standard