ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,416, issued on March 11.
"Positioner, guide and/or magazine for screws and nails" was invented by Zuriel Berkovits (Even Shmuel, Israel) and Eliran Berkovich (Jerusalem).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of some embodiments of the current invention relates to a positioner for holding one or more fasteners (e.g. screws and/or nails) which allows a user to push the fasteners out directly into a target material. For example, a user may locate the positioner over a location on the target material and/or drive the fastener through the positioner into the target. In some embodiments, the positioner includes multiple fasteners, for e...