ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,114, issued on June 23, was assigned to Harbinger LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Handheld hanger installation device" was invented by Todd William Allum (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a handheld hanger apparatus comprises an internal impact element that provides a driving force to a hanging device, and an energized element attached to the internal impact element that receives a first energy and converts the first energy to the driving force, where, upon the internal impact element providing the driving force to install a first portion of the hanging device into a surface of a wall, at least a sec...