ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,087, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc..
"Socket driver tool" was invented by Aland Santamarina (Woodbine, Md.), Darren B. Moss (York, Pa.) and Michael Huang (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool includes an elongated shaft and a socket positioning assembly disposed on the shaft. A rear end portion of the shaft is configured to be mounted for rotation by a hand tool or a power tool. The shaft is configured to support a first socket and a second socket. Each socket is selectively positionable on the shaft in either a use configuration or in a storage configuration. The socket positioning assembly inclu...