ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,415, issued on Oct. 6.
"Socket tool holder" was invented by Jonathan Hurley (Columbia Falls, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket tool holder 100 for holding and supporting a socket tool 102 in upright orientation includes a base section 104 and a stem 106 that extends upwardly from the base section and through the socket tool 102 to terminate above top of the socket tool. An indicia 108 is located at the top of the stem to indicate some aspect of the socket tool 102 being held, in this case that the size of the socket tool is 15 mm and 16 mm, respectively. A plurality of reduced size sections or locations 140 are spaced apar...