ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,996, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BIB CREATIVE Co. LTD. (Xiushui Township, Taiwan).

"Tire repair kit" was invented by Tomonari Ichikawa (Xiushui Township, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire repair kit has two ends including a guiding tip end having a diameter gradually decreasing to form a tip head and a connection end adapted to connect with a tool and capable of being axially detaching from the tool, wherein a receiving space defined between the guiding tip end and the connection end adapted to hold a tire patch inside."

The patent was filed on July 3, 2023, under Application No. 18/346,351.

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