US2117937A - Knife sheath - Google Patents

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y 7, 1938. B. BROWNELL 2,117,937

KNIFE SHEATH Filed Sept. 20, 1957 15y; d BrOM nGZZ WITNESS ATTORNEYS Patented May 17, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to knife sheaths, and its general object is to provide a sheath in which the knife can be easily and expeditiously applied and removed with respect thereto, but accidental displacement, removal or loss therefrom is practically impossible, in that the sheath includes knife handle receiving means which forms a part of the belt attaching means for the sheath, so that when the sheath is applied to and worn on the belt of the user, the handle receiving means sets up a gripping engagement with the handle.

A further object is to provide a knife sheath that is simple in construction, neat and novel in appearance, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to apply and remove with respect to the wearer, and is extremely efficient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

Indescribing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the sheath which forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the belt attaching and knife handle gripping means of my sheath.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be noted that the body of my sheath is of the usual elongated formation and includes a rear wall I and a front wall 2 secured together adjacent the edges thereof by stitching or the like, as best shown in Figure 1, to provide a pocket to receive the blade of the knife A. The lower portions of the walls I and 2 are tapered in curved formation to the lower ends, so that the body terminates accordingly in a substantial point disposed in alignment with the longitudinal center thereof. The front wall 2 terminates in, a straight upper end, in the form as shown, while the rear wall has formed thereon and rising therefrom an extension providing a tongue 3 which has arranged therein and extending longitudinally thereof a pair of slots 4 disposed in parallelism with respect to each other, as shown in Figure 1. The tongue '3 has its sides reduced adjacent to the juncture thereof with the rear wall I and the upper end of the tongue is preferably rounded, as shown.

The belt attaching and knife handle gripping member of my sheath as best shown in Figure 3 includes a flap 5 which is preferably of triangular configuration to present a substantially arrow head formation and formed on the flap 5 is a reduced extension 6 that in turn has formed therewith to extend outwardly therefrom, a strip 1 which is looped upon itself and fastened to the extension 6 by stitching or other suitable means, after the strip is disposed through the slots 4, as best shown in Figure 1, so that the loop can be disposed about the handle of the knife for gripping association therewith in a manner which will be readily apparent upon inspection of Figure 2.

The flap 5 is provided with a pair of spaced parallel arranged slots 8 for the purpose of receiving the belt B or other suitable waist encircling means of the wearer, and the free or apex end of the flap 5 is detachably associated with respect to the tongue 3 through the instrumentality of snap fastening means 9, in the form as shown, but of course it will be understood that any type of fastening means suitable for the purpose may be employed.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided a knife sheath that includes a pocket to receive the blade of the knife with a handle thereof disposed parallel with the tongue 3, for arrangement in the path of the loop provided by the strap I for gripping association therewith, and the flap 5 is secured to the belt B, by the passage of the latter through the slots 8, as well as by the snap fastening means 9. By providing the slots 4 in the tongue 3, it will be further obvious that the loop is adjustable with respect to the tongue 3, for engagement with handles of various lengths.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What 1 claim is:

A knife sheath comprising a body providing a pocket for the blade of a knife, a tongue formed on the body and rising therefrom, said tongue having spaced parallel slots extending longitudinally therein, means including a loop extending through the slots for adjustment with respect to the tongue for receiving and gripping the handle of the knife, and a substantially arrowhead shaped flap formed on the means and having spaced parallel slots therein to receive the belt of the wearer of the sheath for slidably securing the flap to the belt, and means for detachably securing the flap to the tongue.

BYRD BROWNELL.

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