ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,438, issued on May 13, was assigned to KABO Tool Co. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Wrench with movable mallet platform" was invented by Chih-Ching Hsieh (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrench with a movable mallet platform is proposed. The wrench with a movable mallet platform includes a wrench main body and a mallet platform. The wrench main body includes a shaft. The shaft includes at least one abutment surface. The mallet platform is slidably sleeved on the wrench main body, and includes at least one striking portion and two holding portions. An engagement surface extends toward the shaft from at least one striking porti...