Pocket knife with pivoted blade

Claim 1

IN A TOOL OF THE CHARACTER INDICATED, A HANDLE COMPRISING A SINGLE-PIECE SHEET-METAL CHANNEL HAVING A BASE AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, SAID SIDE WALLS HAVING OPPOSED ALIGNED OPENINGS DEFINING A PIVOT AXIS SPACED FROM SAID BASE NEAR ONE LONGITUDINAL END THEREOF, AN ELONGATED BLADE MEMBER RETAINED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS, SAID BLADE MEMBER BEING OF STIFFLY COMPLIANT MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BODY WITH A HUB HAVING A PIVOT OPENING NEAR ONE END THEREOF, SAID HUB COMPRISING A RADIALLY INNER PORTION OF LIMITED RADIAL EXTENT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY DEFINING THE PIVOT OPENING AND A RADIALLY OUTER PORTION OF LIMITED RADIAL EXTENT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY ENCOMPASSING SAID INNER PORTION, SAID INNER AND OUTER PORTIONS BEING AXIALLY OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND HAVING AN INTEGRAL COMPLIANT INTERCONNECTION OF LIMIT ARCUATE EXTENT, AND PIVOT-PIN MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH ALL SAID OPENINGS AND RETAINING SAID SIDE WALLS IN COMPRESSIONALLY LOADED RELATION WITH SAID INNER AND OUTER PORTIONS AGAINST THE AXIALLY COMPLIANT REACTION OF SAID INTERCONNECTION.