US Patent Issued on June 30 for "Tool and system for manipulating a string line and line marking method" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,983, issued on June 30.

"Tool and system for manipulating a string line and line marking method" was invented by Michael John Bowbeer (Alamo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a line engagement tool and system for marking a line within concrete or cement using the line engagement tool. The tool may include a lower tubular section configured to couple to the end of a pole, and an upper section configured to engage a string line. Using the tool, a line may be marked by attaching the string to a string receiving end of the tool, attaching a pole to a pole receiving end of the tool, then placing he string line into the w...