ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,398, issued on May 13.
"Reciprocating saw blade mounted depth stop" was invented by Beau Polley (Hindsville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reciprocating saw blade mounted depth stop for a reciprocating saw blade. The depth stop includes a U-shaped body mounted to the blade center body web with a sliding flange face positioned at a linear cut depth from the blade cutting edge and an angled nose face positioned at a nose cut depth from the blade nose tip so that a reciprocating saw blade can be used to cut items such as electrical conduit without harming items inside the conduit. The stop body defines a body slot aperture sized...