US Patent Issued to MADI on March 18 for "Lineman's socket" (West Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,796, issued on March 18, was assigned to MADI LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Lineman's socket" was invented by Aaron Shropshire (Hedgesville, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket tool is disclosed. The socket tool includes a body extending between a first end and a second end and having a centerline along a longitudinal axis of the socket tool; a socket bounded by a peripheral wall and formed at the first end, the socket including a first driving element extending through the peripheral wall, bisecting the peripheral wall into first and second wall sections; and a drive recess at the second end of the body to receive a nose of a ...