US Patent Issued on Oct. 6 for "Knife with a shearing arm" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,445, issued on Oct. 6.

"Knife with a shearing arm" was invented by Russell Robert Bergeron (Columbia, Mo.), Mark Timothy Dalton (Columbia, Mo.), Dennis W. Cauley (Fayette, Mo.), Tim Kinney (Warrenton, Mo.), Derek Wright (Columbia, Mo.), Brett Eckelkamp (Fulton, Mo.), Matthew Charles Kinamore (Columbia, Mo.) and James Tayon (Moberly, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for a knife with a shearing arm are described. In some instances, a knife may include at least one integrated shearing arm. For example, a knife may include a retractable blade that may be used to perform certain types of tasks such as cuttin...