ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,702, issued on Sept. 30.
"Rejuvenatable wire brush socket" was invented by Louis Aust (Johnstown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rejuvenatable wire brush socket includes a tubular socket body, formed of a material suitable for cutting such as plastic; a hollow socket at one end of the socket body configured for receiving workpieces to be engaged by and worked upon by the rejuvenatable wire brush socket; an array of wire bristles extending radially inwardly within the hollow socket configured to engage the workpieces within the hollow socket; at least one cut off line on the exterior of the socket body and aligned with the arra...