US Patent Issued on Oct. 7 for "Knife having a hook-shaped handle to facilitate carry and ease of use" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,395, issued on Oct. 7.

"Knife having a hook-shaped handle to facilitate carry and ease of use" was invented by Matthew Craig Howcroft (Pleasant Grove, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a knife includes a blade having a cutting edge and a spine opposite the blade. The knife further includes a bolster adjacent to the blade and a handle. The handle includes a first portion extending longitudinally from a first end coupled to the bolster to a second end. The handle includes a second portion extending longitudinally towards the bolster from the second end. The second portion is located on a ...