ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,068, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FESTOOL GMBH (Wendlingen, Germany).
"Holding element for a supporting and/or guiding device" was invented by Wolfgang Spengler (Neidlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holding element (60) for a device for supporting and/or guiding a machine tool (20) or a workpiece (W), wherein the device includes a contact body (40) having a contact surface (42) for contact on a work surface (H) of a workpiece (W) or a wall. It is provided that the holding element (60) includes an adhesive means (70) for adhesion to the work surface (H) and a fastening means for a releasable hold on the contact bod...