ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,652, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SLICE SAFETY CUTTER INC. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Compact safety cutter" was invented by Thomas Scimone (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.), Scot Herbst (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Robert Joseph Gallegos (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to a safety cutter. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a compact safety cutter apparatus with a retractable blade guard. Embodiments of the safety cutter apparatus are further comprised of an automatic blade guard release mechanism."
The patent was filed on June 3, 2024, under Application No. 18/732,...