ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,531, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Power tool stand" was invented by Marco Kugler (Hesse, Germany), Rene Thieme (Riesa, Germany), Michael Kunz (Dorndorf, Germany), Joerg Roth (Schwalheim, Germany), Rafael Gottschling (Selters-Eisenbach, Germany), Birju Patel (Ruislip, Great Britain), Daniel Kadlecek (Bischofsheim, Germany) and Heiko Langhammer (Idstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool stand comprises a base; a projecting frame connected to the base; and a power tool carriage moveably mounted on the projecting frame. The power tool carriage comprises a first interface a...