ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,321, issued on June 17.
"Out-the-front double-action knife" was invented by Deepak C. Chopra (Livermore, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An out-the-front (OTF) knife comprises a handle, a blade, a support frame, and a double-action actuation mechanism. The handle comprises a blade channel, an axel channel, and an actuation mechanism channel. The actuation mechanism includes actuation springs. The actuation mechanism is configured in the actuation mechanism channel so that the actuation springs facilitates the deployment and retraction of the blade. A user manipulates a toggle switch which initiates the actuation mechanism. The ...