ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,453, issued on Oct. 7.
"Crochet tool" was invented by Kendall Waltz (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crochet tool for creating a first loop, comprising a card base enabled to be hand-held including a top edge, bottom edge and opposing side edges. The card may include a first cutout positioned at the top edge extending towards an interior of the card, left of a center point of the top edge, a second cutout positioned at the top edge extending towards the interior of the card, a third cutout positioned at the bottom edge of the card opposite the first cutout and a forth cutout positioned at the bottom edge opposite the...