ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,645, issued on Dec. 30.
"Article bender apparatus" was invented by Joshua Cosby (Falfurrias, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article bender apparatus that assists in joining two separate malleable article line free ends in a selected helical wrap, the article bender apparatus including a disc that has a slot disposed therethrough that originates from the center at a root extending radially outward, a shoe having a selectable pivotal lock to a face of the disc, wherein the shoe is in an open state when the slot is open and the shoe is in a closed locked state when the shoe partially covers the slot leaving the slot root sectio...