ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,989, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Stake Drive Systems LLC (Buffalo, N.Y.).
"Object orientation indicator" was invented by Charles F. Solazzo Jr. (Buffalo, N.Y.) and David Carson (Stuart, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object orientation indicator for indicating the orientation of an object, such as the vertical positioning of an object to be inserted or being inserted into a surface. The object orientation indicator is configured to determine or indicate when an object being inserted into a surface parallel or non-parallel to the ground is vertically level, i.e. perpendicular to the ground. The object orientation indica...