ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,290, issued on March 18, was assigned to GENBE Co. LTD (Japan).
"Collecting tool" was invented by Kenichi Sasaki (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collecting tool (1) includes a frame body (11) that is disposed so as to surround an opening end portion of a bag (100) storing waste (D1) inside, and on which a folded portion (100a) of the opening end portion of the bag (100) is hooked in a state where the opening end portion of the bag (100) is folded back outward, three wires (13), a clip (12) that is provided at one end portion of each of the three wires (13) in a longitudinal direction and clamps the frame body (11) and...