ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,175, issued on Feb. 17.
"Laundry wand" was invented by Elena Griffin (Gainesville, Fla.) and Marlon Griffin (Gainesville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention presented is a device, the laundry wand, configured to be extended through a sleeve. The device comprises a longitudinal rod having two ends, with a malleable catching component designed to catch and hold the end of a garment arm or leg (collectively "sleeve") at the first end. When extended through a sleeve, the catching component holds the sleeve end enabling the sleeve to be inverted when the device is retracted through the length of the sleeve. The device may b...