ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,696, issued on Nov. 4.

"Hand-held wrapping device" was invented by Yoon Bae Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual wrapping apparatus includes: a wrap roll including wrap which is wound around an outer surface of a paper tube; a support rod which has a fixed grip portion formed at one end and on which the wrap roll is mounted at the other end portion; a first rotary grip portion that is rotatably provided on one side of an outer surface of the support bar; a first support portion that is fixed and coupled to the one side of the outer surface of the support rod; a second support portion that is detachabl...