ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,080, issued on Nov. 3, 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 safe-to-use string-unloading apparatus for a crossbow includes a string, a trigger assembly, a safety and a string-unlocking apparatus. The trigger assembly is not operable to unload a string when there is no arrow loaded. However, a cocking device is operable to unload the string when there is no arrow loaded."
The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2024, under Application No. 18/985,240.
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