ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,851, issued on May 19, was assigned to MARTOR KG (Solingen, Germany).
"Knife" was invented by Norbert Frohne-Brinkmann (Wuppertal, Germany) and Bjorn Weigle (Dusseldorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knife including a housing and a blade carrier, in which a blade can be fastened and which is movable in the housing between a safety position in which the blade carrier is arranged in a rear position such that the blade does not project beyond protective components formed by the housing and at least one cutting position in which the blade projects beyond the protective components. A spring mechanism is arranged between the hous...