ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,952, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to EGUN Co. Ltd. (Gwangju-si, South Korea).

"Cutting apparatus having adjustable direction" was invented by Sung Jun Lee (Gwangju-si, South Korea) and Chae Mun Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting apparatus having adjustable direction, according to the present invention, can comprise: a cutting frame; a cutting shaft disposed at the front of the cutting frame and a cutting blade fitted into the cutting shaft, when the proceeding direction of the cutting apparatus is the front and the opposite direction thereof is the rear; a direction-adjusting unit positioned bel...