US Patent Issued on Aug. 4 for "Folding knife with locking mechanism" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,742, issued on Aug. 4.

"Folding knife with locking mechanism" was invented by Bryan Winters (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding knife includes a blade, the blade including a stud and a notch on a top portion of the blade. The folding knife also includes an outer handle including an interior side and a first pivot securing the blade to the outer handle, and the blade is configured to rotate about first pivot. The folding knife also includes a liner/inner handle which is configured to rotate about a second pivot forwardly out of the outer handle to engage the stud. The folding knife also includes a detent mechanis...