ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,245, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to 2WP International Pty Ltd (Victoria, Australia).
"Sharpening device" was invented by Peter John Meek (Mitcham, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for sharpening bladed tools comprising a body defining an elongate handle portion adapted to be gripped in one hand by a user, the body having a forwardly projecting support member curved or angled downwardly with respect to the handle portion and fitted with a sharpening element at or near the end thereof, wherein the support member comprises a pair of spaced support arms extending generally parallel to the longitudinal extent of the...