ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,043, issued on June 17, was assigned to Roof and Solar Technologies Inc. (Poway, Calif.).
"Combination sliding mitten" was invented by Takashi Chiyoda (Poway, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination sliding mitten and lower-leg protector comprising a sliding mitten sleeve; one or more lower-leg guards carried by the sliding mitten sleeve, wherein in a lower-leg protector configuration, a user's lower leg is received along the sliding mitten sleeve and protected by the one or more lower-leg guards, in a sliding mitten configuration, a user's hand is received within the sliding mitten sleeve and protected by the one or more...