ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,455, issued on May 13, was assigned to Black & Decker Inc. (New Britain, Conn.).
"Power tools and power tools platform" was invented by Daniel L. Schwarz (Timonium, Md.), Patrick J. Tilson (Towson, Md.) and Ethan L Helmer (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power tool system includes a removable battery pack a first tool and a second tool. The first tool includes a first base housing that is selectively engageable with the removable battery pack and a first tool portion connected to the first base housing by a first connecting section. The second tool includes a second base housing that is selectively engageable with the remo...