ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,835, issued on Aug. 4.
"Grip for a hand-held instrument" was invented by Sam Van Vo (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grip for a hand-held instrument includes a top side, a bottom side including a first portion oriented at an acute angle relative to the top side, a front side continuous with the first portion of the bottom side, a back side including a first portion continuous with a second portion, and a channel extending from the top side to the bottom side. The first portion is oriented at a first obtuse angle relative to the top side. The second portion is oriented at a second obtuse angle relative to the bottom side. ...