US Patent Issued on Feb. 17 for "Handle for barbecue tools and for other implements" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,063, issued on Feb. 17.

"Handle for barbecue tools and for other implements" was invented by Gordon Haggott Beckhart (Colorado Spring, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barbecue spatula is taught having a handle that can attach to any ferromagnetic surface, and specifically to a side table of a grill. The handle of the spatula has a front side and a rear side, and the front side has a lower front side and an upper front side. The upper front side is attached to the rear side by a hinge element positioned at the distal end of the handle, allowing for the upper front side to swing out from the rear side. Magnets on the inside of t...