ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,035, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Cricut Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).
"Tool assembly for a crafting apparatus" was invented by Jeremy Burton Crystal (Springville, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool assembly includes a housing, a shaft, a spherical member, and a head. The housing defines a shaft channel. The shaft is rotatably disposed within the shaft channel and includes an exposed portion outside of the shaft channel. The exposed portion defines an engagement channel extending through an outer surface of the exposed portion. The spherical member is disposed within the engagement channel. The head is configured to be eng...