ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,273, issued on Nov. 4.
"Leather burnishing tool" was invented by Christopher Hoffman (Bayonne, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leather burnishing tool is described. The tool has a central body portion that may be held by a user and a working portion on at least one end. In a preferred embodiment, the central body portion has two working portions. Each working portion is configured to snap into or otherwise securely engage the central body. Each working portion preferably has at least one and more preferably two shaping channels configured to burnish or shape leather. The tool is preferably continuously slid along the edge (or th...