ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,532, issued on June 17, was assigned to LEVEL 5 TOOLS LLC (Kansas City, Kan.).
"Hand tool and method of construction" was invented by Scott A. Murray (Kansas City, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal hand tool including a handle attached to a blade piece and method of construction. The blade piece includes a blade opposite an elongated tang. The handle is made up of two, welded, symmetrical handle halves, each handle half having an opening for receiving a hang hole piece and a notched distal end for forming a handle opening to receive the blade piece elongated tang. In an embodiment, the handle includes a curved distal end ac...