ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,319, issued on July 14, was assigned to Acufloor LLC (North Richland Hills, Texas).

"Hand trowel and hand trowel handle for use with the same" was invented by Clinton D. Bunch (Keller, Texas) and Joshua A. Bunch (Keller, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand trowel and hand trowel handle for use with the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the hand trowel handle, a handle has an ergonomic shape and the handle is provided with a discrete, selectively adjustable, rotational angle. A locking member may be tightened into a locked, abutted relationship with the handle to reversibly lock the discrete, selectively adjustable, rot...