US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Screwdrivers with transformable drive tips" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,103, issued on July 21.

"Screwdrivers with transformable drive tips" was invented by Lance LaHanier (Fife, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Screwdrivers with transformable drive tips (and associated systems, devices, and methods) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a screwdriver includes a shaft assembly having a proximal end region and a distal end region opposite the proximal end region. The screwdriver further includes a handle at the proximal end region of the shaft assembly, and a drive tip at the distal end region of the shaft assembly. The drive tip is transformable between (i) a first configuration corresponding to a...