US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Pocketknife with enhanced safety features" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,987, issued on June 30.

"Pocketknife with enhanced safety features" was invented by Quinn Tonne (Boone, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pocketknife with enhanced safety features, including a blade, and a handle hingedly connected to the blade at a top portion of the handle, the handle including a blade compartment to receive the blade therein, and a pressure plate disposed on a first side of the handle to release the blade from the blade compartment when the pressure plate is pressed."

The patent was filed on May 7, 2024, under Application No. 18/657,381.

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