ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,499, issued on June 24, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Miter saw" was invented by Torrey Rea Lambert (White Hall, Md.), HuaMing Yao (Suzhou, China), Chao Bu (Suzhou, China) and Fei Zhou (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A miter saw has a base having a detent notch, a table rotatably connectable to the base, a pivoting assembly connected to the table, and a saw assembly supported by the pivoting assembly. The saw assembly has a blade movable downwardly for a cutting operation. A locking mechanism is disposed on the table. The locking mechanism is movable between an unlocked position and a locked...