ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,654, issued on July 29, was assigned to Klein Tools Inc. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Nested locknut wrench with magnetic hold" was invented by Jonathan Low (Fort Worth, Texas), Peter Roberts (Weatherford, Texas) and Juan Caro (Grand Prairie, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nested locknut wrench system includes a first wrench and a second wrench. Each wrench has a base portion having a flat portion including at least one magnet. Each wrench has a first extension portion extending perpendicularly from a first end of the base portion. Each wrench has a first arc-shaped finger extending perpendicularly from the first extension portion ...