US Patent Issued on March 24 for "Propping handle for tools and similar implements" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,093, issued on March 24.

"Propping handle for tools and similar implements" was invented by Richard Lewis (Truxton, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle permits propping of an implement in a substantially vertical orientation within a ground surface includes an elongate handle body and a spike embedded in a gripping end of the elongate handle body, the spike having an exposed axial portion. A compression spring is disposed about the exposed axial portion of the spike and a hollow sleeve is fitted over the compression spring and gripping end. An opening in an upper end of the sleeve permits passage of the exposed portion of t...