ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,257, issued on Aug. 11.
"Hand cleaning tool including individual finger scrapers" was invented by Ernestine Holloway (Santee, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand cleaning tool for the kitchen is described. The hand cleaning tool includes a tool body, a number of connection points, and a number of finger scrapers. Each of the finger scrapers is connected to the tool body at one of the connection points. Each of the finger scrapers is shaped to form a partial annulus. Each partial annulus includes an inner surface disposed at an inner radius from a center of the partial annulus, an outer surface disposed at an outer radius fro...