ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,218, issued on Aug. 11.
"Tethering point system" was invented by Nathan Bohmbach (Lakeville, Minn.), William Baronti (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Carl Behlmer (Wheaton, Ill.) and Kevin Ekdahl (Libertyville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reusable device for securing to and providing a tethering point for a tool to assist a user in preventing dropping of the tool, to help a user retrieve a dropped tool or to assist a user from losing a tool. Where the device is hollow with a removable rotating cap and a body with a wider top end and a smaller exit port at the other end. The hand tool is inserted from the top into the wider end an...