ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,436, issued on July 1, was assigned to Horitec Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Conveying tool" was invented by Hiromichi Hori (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier C has a placing frame 1, left and right posts 2, left and right gripping frames 3, and inserting portions 4. The placing frame 1 has front and rear left-right frames 10 that extend in the left-right direction and on which firewood is to be placed. The left and right posts 2 each have front and rear post bodies 21 that are joined to the placing frame 1 and extend in the vertical direction. The left and right gripping frames 3 each are each being bridged between up...