US Patent Issued to A & E on Feb. 4 for "Switchable pliers and method for use" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,476, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to A & E Inc. (Racine, Wis.).

"Switchable pliers and method for use" was invented by Billy Greuel (Waterford, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pliers switchable for use with external snap-rings and internal snap-rings is disclosed. A jaw assembly with easily changeable tips is provided, and to be more convenient for the end-user, a spring loaded tip release mechanism and jaw assembly is provided."

The patent was filed on March 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/691,421.

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