ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,778, issued on March 31, was assigned to Combis Sport Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"String-unloading apparatus of a crossbow" was invented by Chu-Wei Chang (Taichung City, 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 discharging position from a hooking position."

The patent was filed on May 14, 2024, under Application No. 18/663,957.

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