ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,017, issued on Oct. 14.
"Fixed blade knife with combined handle/sheath" was invented by Daniel J. Vorhis (Freeland, Wash.) and Don Horton (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various disclosed embodiments include a knife assembly that includes a knife member having a blade portion and a tang portion. The knife assembly also including a handle member configured to be slidable from a knife position. At least a portion of the blade portion extends out of the handle member, to a storage position and the blade portion is substantially concealed by the handle member."
The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/409,...