US Patent Issued to Slice Safety Cutter on April 14 for "Automatically retracting scraper with blade stop" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,048, issued on April 14, was assigned to Slice Safety Cutter Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Automatically retracting scraper with blade stop" was invented by Thomas John Scimone (Sunny Isles, Fla.) and Robert Joseph Gallegos (Freemont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auto-retract scraper is described herein. The auto-retract scrape comprises a housing, a slider, a blade, a rotating hard stop, and a torsion spring. The rotating hard stop is rotated clockwise forcing the blade forward and out of the housing when the slider is engaged."

The patent was filed on Nov. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/503,165.

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