ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,987, issued on Aug. 19.
"Magic pin with ultra grip" was invented by Nikhil Gupta (Schaumburg, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pin includes: (a) a pin shaft with a pin point; (b) an elongate pin head attached to an end of the pin shaft distal to the pin point having a pin head length, wherein the elongate pin head is characterized by an elongate tapered ribbed construction with a plurality of ribs defining a rib profile extending from an outer end of the elongate pin head distal to the pin shaft to an inner end of the elongate pin head proximate the pin shaft, said rib profile having a characteristic outer end dimension which is...