ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,656, issued on March 17.
"System, apparatus, and method for threading a beader tool with hair beads" was invented by Kia-Shun Voltz (Cedar Hill, Texas) and Carolyn Manson (Bradenton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft, apparatus, and method for threading a beader tool with hair beads are disclosed. In one embodiment of the apparatus, multiple silos form an array with each silo being sized to allow the passage of a beader tool while preventing hair beads from escaping. The interior of each silo is tailored to accommodate a stack of hair beads, with the height of the silos being sufficient to house at least the shaft of the b...