ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,625, issued on July 8, was assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG (Waiblingen, Germany).

"Handle for a hand-guided power tool and trimmer" was invented by Liv Bicheler (Kernen i. R., Germany), Roland Mandel (Stuttgart, Germany) and Simon Haug (Waiblingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool handle has a shaft with a fastening end securing the handle on the power tool and with a free end. The handle has an outer side for supporting a palm of a hand. First and second operating elements are pivotably supported at the shaft about first and second pivot axes, respectively. The first operating element controls a power tool dr...