US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Dec. 16 for "Paracord cutter" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,177, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Paracord cutter" was invented by John Bales (Beavercreek, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paracord cutter mechanism includes a shuttle tube extending between first and second ends. A paracord aperture is formed through the tube proximate the first end thereof. A rod is threadingly engaged into the first end of the tube and a cutting board formed at a distal end thereof. A cutter shuttle is configured to travel from the second end of the tube toward the first end of the tube after a pyr...