ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,704, issued on July 29, was assigned to HOGUE TOOL & MACHINE INC. (Paso Robles, Calif.).
"Replaceable blade knife" was invented by James David Bruhns (Templeton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Replaceable blade knives have an elongated boss sized to closely receive an elongated aperture of the planar blade, a deflector element connected to the elongated body and operable to engage a rear end of the planar blade to deflect a selected portion of the blade defining a rear portion of the elongated aperture laterally between a retention position in which the selected portion engages the boss and a clear position in which the select...