ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,977, issued on Oct. 7.
"Receptacle for a spirit level or straight edge tool" was invented by James O'Meara (Caulfield, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receptacle for seating at least a portion of a spirit level, straight edge tool or other hand tool is disclosed. The present disclosure also relates to a receptacle in which at least a portion of a spirit level, straight edge tool or other hand tool is seated and to a method for temporarily seating a spirit level, straight edge tool or other hand tool by placing at least a portion of the spirit level, straight edge tool or other hand tool into the receptacle. The receptacle c...