ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,006, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to AOB Products Co. (Columbia, Mo.).
"Tool sheath" was invented by Mark Dalton (Columbia, Mo.), Dennis W. Cauley Jr. (Fayette, Mo.), Timothy S. Kinney (Warrenton, Mo.) and James Tayon (Moberly, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool sheath and associated components and methods. The sheath can be configured to receive a pliers. The sheath can include one or more pliers retainers configured to engage the pliers to retain the pliers in a pliers receiving space of the pliers."
The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2022, under Application No. 17/983,215.
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