ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,703, 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 body having opposed ends, a handle portion extending to a handle end of the elongated body, and a blade attachment facility at an opposed forward end of the elongated body, the blade attachment facility having a blade support surface configured to abut a major face portion of the planar blade proximate the elongated aperture, an elongated boss sized to closely receive the elongated aperture of t...