US Patent Issued to Apex Brands on Aug. 11 for "Hacksaw with handle tensioning mechanism" (North Carolina, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,034, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Apex Brands Inc. (Apex, N.C.).

"Hacksaw with handle tensioning mechanism" was invented by Noah Steen (Apex, N.C.), Andrew Speciale (Raleigh, N.C.), Michael Dunigan (Apex, N.C.), Jeromy Higgins (Fishers, Ind.) and Matthew Poppe (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hacksaw may include a blade support frame, a handle operably coupled to the blade support frame at a first end of the blade support frame, a movable blade engagement assembly and a multi-function fixed blade engagement assembly. The multi-function fixed blade engagement assembly may be disposed at a second end of the blade s...