ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,531, issued on Aug. 19.

"Piercing tool for breaking sealed packaging" was invented by Juan He (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piercing tool for breaking sealed packaging includes a body for placing a target item. A barrel is provided on one sidewall of the body; a piercing component is slidably installed inside the barrel, and a piercing member arranged on the piercing component may enter the body along the barrel. An elastic element is connected to both the body and the piercing component. The piercing member is displaced from the body into the barrel to cause elastic deformation of the elastic element. A first li...