US Patent Issued to SEB on July 22 for "Combination of a sheath and a knife" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,106, issued on July 22, was assigned to SEB S.A. (France).

"Combination of a sheath and a knife" was invented by Stephane Plichon (Allonzier-la-Caille, France) and Stephane Suchet (Marcellaz-Albanais, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination of a sharpening sheath and a knife comprising a blade intended to be stored in the sheath, wherein the sheath comprises a cavity intended to receive the blade and an access opening at one of the ends of the cavity, the sheath comprising, in the lower part thereof, a device for receiving the cutting edge of the blade, characterized in that the sheath comprises, in the upper part thereof...