ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,382, issued on Jan. 20.
"Bead and rhinestone positioners" was invented by Nikhil Gupta (Schaumburg, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool kit includes a pair of bead and rhinestone positioners. The first positioner includes a positioning shaft attached to a first mounting thimble. The second positioner has a holding adhesive-bearing shaft attached to a second mounting thimble. The first and second mounting thimbles mount on end phalanxes of human hand digits. The positioning shaft projects outwardly along a direction aligned with the phalanx upon which the first mounting thimble is mounted. A positioning end is disposed away fro...