US Patent Issued on July 1 for "Boxcutter" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,886, issued on July 1.

"Boxcutter" was invented by Kuo-Chan Huang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boxcutter includes a handle, a blade and a holder. The handle includes a bump on an internal face. The blade is insertable in the handle. The holder is moveable in the handle between a front position to extend a front section of the blade from the handle and a rear position to insert the blade entirely in the handle. The holder includes a carrier and an elastic leaf. The carrier includes a flat space for receiving a rear section of the blade. The elastic leaf includes a rear section connected to the carrier and a front ...