ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,049, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to COMBIS SPORT ENTERPRISE Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"String-unloading apparatus of a crossbow" was invented by Chu-Wei Chang (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crossbow includes a string, a trigger assembly, a safety and a string-unlocking apparatus. Only one hand is required to use a cocking device to operate the string-unlocking apparatus to move the safety to an unlocking position from a locking position and to pivot the trigger assembly to a releasing position from a hooking position."
The patent was filed on Jan. 30, 2024, under Application No. 18/427,318.
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