ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,858, issued on April 21, was assigned to SafeWorks LLC (Atlanta).
"Belt cutter" was invented by Frank Lulfing (Wietze, Germany) and Viatcheslav Maik Seibel (Bremen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable belt cutting device comprises a cutting head and a cutting blade. The cutting blade is configured to cut a belt. The cutting blade includes an integrally-formed blade connecting element with the cutting blade configured to be moveably arranged on the cutting head and supported by the cutting head such that the cutting blade is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position. The cutting head comprises a dri...