ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,895, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to YANEGIJUTSUKENKYUJO Co. LTD. (Takahama, Japan).

"Snow drop prevention structure and snow drop prevention tool" was invented by Katsuyuki Okado (Takahama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow drop prevention tool (1) includes: a first member (10) having a first upright wall (11), a first securing section (12) extending from an upper end of the first upright wall (11), a first coupling section (13) extending toward an opposite side from the first upright wall (11), and a snow stopper (16) protruding upward from the first securing section (12); a second member (20) having a second upright...