ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,772, issued on May 26, was assigned to Gebr. Brasseler GmbH & Co. KG (Lemgo, Germany).
"Beading tool" was invented by Marcel Kicinski (Lemgo, Germany), Thomas Pries (Lemgo, Germany) and Andreas Klassen (Lemgo, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beading tool for working retaining arms of pieces of jewelry comprises a cylindrical shank and a head. In this case, the head comprises a cylindrical portion and a transition portion. The shank and the head are arranged along a shared central axis. In this case, the external diameter of the shank is greater than the external diameter of the cylindrical portion. Furthermore, the cylindrica...