ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,497, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Power tool having latched pusher assembly" was invented by Larry E. Gregory (Baltimore), Michael P. Baron (Pheonix, Md.), Lee M. Brendel (Bel Air, Md.), Todd A. Hagan (Windsor, Pa.) and Stuart E. Garber (Towson, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magazine for use with a fastening tool. The magazine can have a pusher assembly that can be retracted into a recess in the magazine to facilitate loading and reloading of fasteners. The pusher assembly can have a pusher assembly knob which can be reversibly latched to a detent to maintain the pusher assembly...