ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,797, issued on March 18.
"Tool bit holder" was invented by Tate Koenig (Aurora, Ore.) and Llewellyn Evans (South West Rocks, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool bit holder that accommodates and secures specific ranges of hexagonal wrench sizes in different physical orientations therein, for four purposes: speed rotation of the tool for fast bolt extraction, support of the hexagonal wrench's shaft for an increased torque application, mechanically strengthening of a hexagonal wrench, and for the application of torque centered about the longitudinal axis of the working arm of the hexagonal tool bit so as to prevent the stri...