ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,537, issued on Jan. 20.

"Unjamming multitool for firearms" was invented by Howard Kent (Waldport, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unjamming multitool for use with a firearm, including a housing having opposing parallel side plates joined at an edge and having a first end and an opposing second end, and defining a cavity therebetween. A first pivot post and a second pivot post are carried at the first and second ends of the housing. An extractor assembly is pivotally coupled to the first end of the housing by the first pivot post and movable between a stored position adjacent the housing and a deployed position wherein the extr...