ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,399, issued on July 7.

"Breaker bar" was invented by I-Mei Tien (Taichung City, Taiwan) and Chun-Sheng Ku (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breaker bar includes a mounting seat that has two support arms extending from a base portion thereof. The base portion and the support arms define a mounting space. The base portion has a first engaging section disposed between the support arms. Each support arm has a piercing. A connector has a head body and a second engaging section. The head body is rotatably disposed between the support arms in the mounting space. The second engaging section is connected to the head body,...