ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,865, issued on May 27.

"Hands-free apparatus to apply a liner to an amputated appendage" was invented by Tim Lee Stevenson (Galt, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for use to apply a liner to an appendage of a user includes a base member and a plurality of arms mounted to the base member. Each arm can include a rotating member, such as a roller ball, coupled to a top end of the arm. The plurality of arms can extend from the base member in a generally upright position and can support the liner thereon in an inside out position so that the application of downward pressure by the appendage of the user within the plurali...