ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,567, issued on Dec. 9.

"Hand tool holding structure" was invented by Chang-Yu Tsai (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand tool holding structure includes a first body, a second body, multiple third bodies, a fourth body, an elastic member, and a fifth body. The first body has a first pivot portion, a second pivot portion, a mounting portion, multiple first receiving slots, a first abutting edge, and a second abutting edge. The second body has a second receiving slot, a first abutting portion, a third receiving slot, and a second abutting portion. Each of the third bodies has a locking portion, a first inclined plane, ...