US Patent Issued to FISKARS BRANDS on Dec. 16 for "Knife with safety lock" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,736, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to FISKARS BRANDS INC. (Middleton, Wis.).

"Knife with safety lock" was invented by Lael Abraham Shimanoff (Portland, Ore.), Paul Ernest Hoover Hallbrook (Portland, Ore.) and Cheryl Sharp (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knife includes a handle defining a slot having a first portion and a second portion, a blade coupled to the handle, and a locking assembly configured to secure the blade within the handle. The locking assembly includes a lock button configured to translate between a first position proximate the first portion of the slot and a second position proximate the second por...