ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,842, issued on Dec. 9.
"Security tool holder for battery powered tools" was invented by Dion East (Hixson, Tenn.), Mark Bullock (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Steve Harlan (Hixson, Tenn.) and Michael Bolin (Ringgold, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods configured to provide novel security tool holders that are configured to engage with the battery receiver slots of a variety of different battery-powered tools to securely display and hold the tools in a retail merchandise display. In the disclosed embodiments, the security tool holders comprise a base that attaches to a merchandise display sy...