ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,202, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to YAMABIKO Corp. (Japan).
"Pruner" was invented by Hiroshi Momiyama (Ohme, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pruner is provided including a pruning mechanism including a pruning blade on a tip side, a pole connected to a base side of the pruning mechanism, and a hook mechanism including a hook that projects to a lateral side substantially orthogonal to a central axis of the pole and that is displaceable in a range from a first position where an end portion is away from the central axis to a second position where the end portion is close to the central axis. The hook is configured to keep the f...