ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,628, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BENCHMADE KNIFE Co. INC. (Oregon City, Ore.).
"Adjustable weighting system in knife handles" was invented by Mark Delplanche (Beavercreek, Ore.), Vance Collver (Gladstone, Ore.) and Ryan Dickman (Sandy, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knife includes a blade and a handle attached to the blade. The handle includes a liner and a handle scale adapted to be removably secured to the liner, such as by screws. The handle scale has an inner side facing the liner and having a shaped region to secure a weight in a selected position along a length of the handle scale. In one approach, there are multipl...