ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,477, issued on Aug. 5.
"Collapsible hand saw with tubular frame doubling as storage container for other components" was invented by Gordon N. Makowsky (Kenora, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible hand saw features an elongated tubular frame member with a hollow interior that runs longitudinally therethrough. First and second arms are removably engaged to the tubular frame near first and second ends of thereof, to span outward from an underside thereof in a common direction. Each arm, near a distal mounting end thereof is configured for selective coupling to a bowsaw blade at a respective mounting hole therein near a re...