ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,085, issued on March 18.
"Spring enabled evidence collection apparatus and method for cylindrical objects" was invented by Alexander Jason (Pinole, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evidence collection apparatus and method for collecting and preserving cylindrical objects, such as spent cartridge casings, while maintaining trace evidence integrity. The apparatus comprises a handle member, an evidence retention device with a pair of arms having bent distal ends forming prongs to retain the inner perimeter of a cylindrical object, and a spring-tweezer mechanism for securely grasping the object. A protective tube coupled to the ...