ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,921, issued on March 3, was assigned to Klein Tools Inc. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Flip socket adapters" was invented by Kurt Owen (Aurora, Ill.) and Jonathan Gimondo (Arlington Heights, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool includes a reversable first socket having a pair of opposed first socket ends and a first engagement portion therebetween, and a reversable second socket having a pair of second opposed socket ends and a second engagement portion therebetween. The tool includes an elongated first adapter having a driven end, a first drive end opposite the driven end, and an extending length therebetween. The tool includes an el...