ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,997, issued on Oct. 28.
"Repair tool" was invented by Barry McAtarsney (Loughall, Great Britain) and Jonathan Vandenfontyne (Ieykaul, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repair tool 10 comprising: first and second support elements 11, 12, the first and second support elements 11, 12 each comprising a first end 13 which is engagable with a portion of material to be repaired and a second end 14 distal the first end. A spanning member 15 is engagable with the support elements 11, 12 at or about the second end 14 thereof, the spanning member being sized and dimensioned to span between said support elements 11, 12, in a spanning posi...