US Patent Issued to Emerson Professional Tools on Jan. 20 for "Aerial basket tool apron with integrated power system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,475, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Emerson Professional Tools LLC (Elyria, Ohio).

"Aerial basket tool apron with integrated power system" was invented by Ryan A. Berg (Roscoe, Ill.), John Russell Fenske (Loves Park, Ill.) and Donald Dohr (Rockford, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial basket tool apron is mounted within an interior of a bucket of a work truck. The aerial basket tool apron is formed of a body having a front surface and an opposite rear surface, a plurality of pockets extending from the front surface, an electrical component on a surface of the body and circuitry integrated into the body. The electrical c...